NEWS
November 20, 2023
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
INSIGHT
10 times faster data acquisition
SourceLAB and CEA Saclay have recently developed a novel INSIGHT functionality enabling to fasten the data acquisition in the lab (up to a factor of 10), while preserving the spatio-temporal features of the pulse under study.
This Few-Shots module is of particular significance when the laser repetition rate is low : Few-Shots makes it possible to reduce the number of laser shot needed for an accurate Spatiotemporal couplings mapping, hence the reduced requested beamtime for metrology.
November 20, 2023
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
TIPTOE
Broadband temporal contrast metrology
TIPTOE can very conveniently proceed to time -resolved measurements of the pulse intensity.
This gives access to the intensity temporal contrast near the pulse, of great importance in laser plasma interaction for instance.
The dynamic range of TIPOTE for temporal intensity measurements is up to 10^7 over a temporal window that can span to 10 ps before the main pulse. The very broad range of wavelength covered by TIPTOE (200nm – 20 µm) makes the instrument a unique solution for such a measurement in the mid-IR range.
November 20, 2023
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology / Particle Sources
Successful first step of KAIO-ACCELERATOR
The full energy output from an Astrella laser system (Coherent Inc.) was efficiently post-compressed by a newly-engineered multipass cell (MPC) down to 4.9 fs at 1 kHz repetition rate. Simple to align and robust in time, this MPC produces routinely sub-6fs pulses with multi-mJ energy, measured by TIPTOE
The validation of this first step was crucial to envisage an upcoming industrial-grade, tabletop and high rep rate laser plasma accelerator for practical applications.
KAIO-ACCELERATOR is our collaborative project with Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée (LOA@ENSTA-X-CNRS – France) and Laboratorio di Irragiamento Laser Intensi (LILI@CNR-INO – Italy). It is laureate of the Innovation Fund from the paneuropean I.FAST, coordinated by CERN.
November 20, 2023
EVENT
SL 10
SourceLAB is celabrating with you a decade of innvation
We thank you for your kind and friendly video contributions to our 10th anniversary !
We will endeavor to honor your trust, and continue with your expert support to offer even more innovative products that make sense to you.
November 20, 2023
NEW RESULT
Beamline Engineering
INSIGHT
SourceLAB delivers the ELI-ALPS SHHG-HF-PW beamline
Two years of hard work from the teams at ELI and SourceLAB have resulted in the successful delivery of the Surface High-Harmonics Generation High Frequency PetaWatt beamline at Eli Hungary, along with all its subsystems, and the achievement of the first shots on target.
Illustration: Fully integrated SHHG-HF-PW beamline global (top), and plasma mirror injection and high-harmonics generation (bottom) views
November 20, 2023
NEW PROJECT
Particle Sources
KAIO-ACCELERATOR is supported by the European program I.FAST (CERN)
Our great project KAIO-ACCELERATOR, in collaboration with Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée (LOA @ENSTA-X-CNRS – France) and Laboratorio di Irraggiamento Laser Intensi (ILIL @CNR-INO – Italy), is laureate of the Innovation Fund from the paneuropean I.FAST, coordinated by CERN.
KAIO-ACCELERATOR aims at providing within 2 years an industrial-grade laser-plasma accelerator for practical applications. It is based on an innovative 3-block architecture, made of a tabletop high rep rate laser, a post-compression stage (multipass cell), and our turnkey electron accelerator e-KAIO.
We believe the success of KAIO-ACCELERATOR is the key step towards broad dissemination of cost- and energy-effective laser plasma technologies to universities, industries and hospitals
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement No 101004730. I.FAST aims to enhance innovation in the particle accelerator community, mapping out and facilitating the development of breakthrough technologies common to multiple accelerator platforms.
September 15, 2022
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
TIPTOE
High energy and high repetition rate few-cycle pulses at 2 μm wavelength at Jena.
At the Institute of Applied Physics (Jena, Germany), post compression of a thulium-doped fiber laser output in a hollow-core fiber was achieved, delivering >100W average power, >1mJ pulse energy and <10fs pulse duration (measured by TIPTOE) at 100kHz repetition rate. It is the highest average-power mJ-class few-cycle source in the SWIR reported.
September 15, 2022
EVENT
SourceLAB is a partner of BLIN5
The 5th workshop on the ‘Beam Lines and Instrumentation’ (i.e. BLIN5) will be held in presence again this year at CALA (Centre for Advanced Laser Applications) in Garching during Oct 12 and 14. BLIN focuses on novel beam line components and instrumentation that directly address the distinctive features of the laser-driven accelerator (and associated energetic photon) system that can be essential for controlled delivery to applications.
February 21, 2022
NEW PRODUCT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
INSIGHT Vacuum
This new model of the INSIGHT series makes it possible to directly measure under vacuum Space-Time couplings of laser short pulse. Such a measurement gives access to spectrally-resolved pulse properties very close to what seen by the targetry in real shot conditions. The settings of the laser pulse can thus be optimized according to the desired interaction.
February 21, 2022
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
TIPTOE
ELI-ALPS (ELI hungarian pillar) is using SL-TIPTOE to measure mid-IR ultrashort pulse duration. 4-cycle 120 µJ pulses centered at 3200 nm from a 100 kHz OPCPA system (Black Starzz, Fastlite) were spectrally broadened in millimeter-thick BaF2 and Si windows followed by recompression in CaF2 bulk and custom made dispersive mirrors with negative TOD (Optoman). Pulse duration below 18 fs FWHM (1.7 cycles @3.2 um, 70 µJ) is achieved, successfully measured by TIPTOE. For the reconstruction, a measured spectrum was used.
February 21, 2022
NEW RESULT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
INSIGHT
A comprehensive experimental campaign exploring Spatio-Temporal Couplings (STCs) on high power lasers.
Spatio-temporal characteristics of various laser chains have been measured with new advanced metrology techniques. Among these powerful techniques, INSIGHT made it possible to reveal for the first time striking STCs that need to be carefully considered for optimal operation and applications of ultrashort laser system.
February 21, 2022
NEW RESULT
Targetry
Nozzles
A key aspect to harness laser plasma electron acceleration is the injection of plasma electrons into the laser wakefield. For the injection, a hydrodynamic shock produced by a blade inserted in a supersonic gas jet, to be ionized into plasma by the laser, is commonly used. Very practically, it is now possible to implement a new class of gas jet nozzles with embedded shocks, without any blade, so as to directly and very reproducibly inject the electrons. The overall setup of the accelerator is greatly simplified.
February 21, 2022
NEW PRODUCT
Particle Sources
KAIO
SourceLAB is proud to announce the e-KAIO-kHz, the latest commercial short laser pulse accelerator from our KAIO series.
Integrating most of our unique know-how in targetry and laser plasma technology, e-KAIO-kHz delivers electrons of very high energies at unprecedented repetition rate (up to kHz level).
Thanks to a sound engineering effort in designing this system, users have a fine control in real-time and under vacuum over all critical parameters needed for high-quality particles :
- control of the laser beam alignment in the box
- control of focal plane position
- control of focal spot quality
- control of gas jet position, density and profil
- control of electron spectral dispersion for precise diagnostics
- control of gas load for unlimited operations at kHz rep rate
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January 5, 2021
NEW PRODUCT
Targetry
PulseLAB
We have developed a universal and digital pulse driver, that can be remotely operated from a simple computer. This is the ideal tool for driving any valve for gas jet puffing in particular.
January 5, 2021
NEW PRODUCT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
INSIGHT Quadro
With this new model of the INSIGHT series, two great improvements in user experience have been achieved:
- the acquisition time for mapping the complex E-field of the pulse is reduced by a factor 3. This is particularly relevant for very energetic laser of high peak power operating at low rep rate.
- Quadro can be implemented after your focusing optics (standard mode of operation of INSIGHT) and directly with a collimated beam thanks to a specially designed objective installed at the entrance of the instrument. This greatly enhances the interest of this innovative tool for Research, as the same instrument can now be used not only in the target area, but also anywhere else in the laser area, in particular on a typical bench of diagnostics.
February 21, 2020
NEW PRODUCT
Laser Beam Shaping&Metrology
Tiptoe
SourceLAB and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) are proud to announce the commercial kick-off of the TIPTOE, based on a technique recently developed at CoReLS lab (South Korea). TIPTOE is a spectrally broadband (200nm – 20µm) cross-correlator based on tunnel ionization, that enables to plot the exact temporal profile of the electric field of a laser pulse, without sign ambiguities. In particular, it is well-adapted for the mid-IR spectral range where no equivalent exists so far
February 03, 2020
NEW PRODUCT
Targetry
Gas Cell
We have successfully built an innovative gas cell for laser plasma science, comprizing fast (~3ms) open/close gates at extremities to ensure a very limited gas load in the vacuum chamber at each laser shot. The cell can be adjusted in length on-line, then filled by a gas pressure regulator piloted by the user.
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February 03, 2020
NEW PRODUCT
Targetry
Nozzles
SourceLAB, in collaboration with Phasics and Onera (France), have identified a very interesting regime of operating gas jets for laser plasma interaction. In this regime, a jet from a shock nozzle (SL-Noz Comp) is probed at early instants of the flow with a 20µs time resolution. Thin and well localized density peaks can be observed at some specific height above the nozzle. Focussing an intense laser in such peaks can be quite beneficial for laser plasma acceleration.
February 03, 2020
NEW PRODUCT
Targetry
SL-GT-10 : High density gas jet
The SL-GT-10 is now operated with an improved Graphic User Interface with precise sub-panels (delay and trigger, dynamic gas line), and adjustable charts mode for pressure monitoring over several hours.
May 23, 2019
NEW PRODUCT
Laser Beam Shaping & Metrology
Insight
Our new tool for advanced metrology and mapping of spatio-temporal couplings (STC) at the laser focus was successfully implemented to completely characterize for the first time a PetaWatt femtosecond laser operating at full intensity.
May 23, 2019
NEW PRODUCT
Targetry
SL-GT-10 : high density gas jet
We have successfully demonstrated in our lab the production in a stable and reproducible regime of a very sharp and high density helium jet. The jet size is <30 µm FWHM, and reads atomic peak density close to 5 x 1020 atoms/cm3. This is a factor five improvement in size comparing to our precedent record in thin and dense gas jet production. We believe this important step forward will benefit in particular to electron injection in laser wakefield acceleration, ion acceleration in near-critical regime and HHG with mid-IR drivers.
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April 29, 2018
EVENT
SourceLAB supports Targ4
TARG4 is approaching, 10th to 12th June at Politecnico di Milano: www.targ4.polimi.it The Scientific Program is now available on web site (https://www.targ4.polimi.it/?page_id=277). The social program will allow the participants to appreciate artistic and historical sites of the modern and elegant city of Milano. Please, see here (https://www.targ4.polimi.it/?page_id=169) for more details. Regular registration deadline: 26th May 2019
March 1, 2018
NEW PRODUCT
SmartShot: an easy access to medium densities range
SourceLAB and our partner Smartshell are proud to propose the smartshot jet system, ideal for reliable laser wakefield acceleration of electron. The wave-free supersonic pulsed gas jet system SMARTSHOT is developed as a gas target for laser-plasma interaction studies such as laser-plasma acceleration, X-ray lasers, laser-plasma X-ray sources, etc…
It can be used for the experimental studies which require the production of very localized high-density gas target with high repetition rate in vacuum.
Sept 1, 2017
NEW PRODUCT
KAIO : the first plug & play laser plasma accelerator for beam applications
We are pleased to introduce our Kit All In One, a unique powerful tool for ion acceleration and “on-target / high-flux” laser monitoring. KAIO users can accelerate ions with an intense laser, study the related physics and make benefit of the stable ion beam for direct applications (e.g dosimetry, hardening, surface analysis).
With TNSA proton signal from KAIO, users have unambiguous and quantitative access to laser pulse quality (e.g. temporal contrast) and are empowered to improve their laser to suit laser plasma requirements.
July 15, 2017
NEW PRODUCT
SL-ALC: the motorized and adjustable gas cell for LWFA has now its dedicated pressure regulator
SL-ALC-HI system is a motorized gas cell of adjustable length, conceived for laser-plasma interaction experiments in underdense regime.
It ensures stable Laser Wakefield Acceleration at high repetition rate. It now comes with a dedicated regulator to operate in pulsed/continuous modes with on-line and real-time control of the gas density inside the cell.
February 23, 2017
NEW PROJECT
SourceLAB unique expertise in complex secondary sources design
We are proud to announce that SourceLAB was awarded the design and implementation of the Surface High-Order Harmonic Generation beamline of the ELI-ALPS High Field Petawatt primary laser source. The Technical Design Report (TDR) will be delivered early 2018 for a beamline integration scheduled in 2018-2019.
This contract recognizes SourceLAB unique expertise in complex secondary sources design.