Author :
Musgrave, I. ; Chekhlov, O. ; Collier, J. ; Clarke, R. ; Dunne, A. ; Hancock, S. ; Heathcote, R. ; Gomez, C. Hernandez ; Galimberti, M. ; Lyachev, A. ; Matousek, P. ; Neely, D. ; Norreys, P. ; Ross, I. ; Tang, Y. ; Winstone, T. ; New, G.
Author_Institution :
CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Central Laser Facility, Didcot, UK
Abstract :
We present the progress made in developing 10PW OPCPA facility for the Vulcan laser to produce pulses with focused intensities >1023 Wcm−2. This power level will be delivered by generating pulses with >300J in 30fs. These pulses will be delivered to two target areas: in one target area they will be combined with the existing Vulcan Petawatt beamline and a new target area will be created for high intensity interactions.