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JRA 2: Overcoming the Technology Barriers (OTTER)

Objectives

1. To develop and understand the limitations of new technology to increase the output energy capability of ultra-high intensity systems.
2. To develop novel methods to increase the output energy capability of ultra-high intensity systems.
3. To use the new technique of Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification (OPCPA) to produce shorter output pulses from ultra-high intensity systems.
4. To develop alternative pumping technology (Diode) to enable operation of ultra-high intensity systems at higher pulse repetition rates.

Participants in JRA 2

• CESTA, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique - CESTA, France l'Energie Atomique - CESTA, France
• CLF, Central Laser Facility, United Kingdom
• FSU, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Germany
• GSI, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Germany
• LOA, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqué, France
• LULI, Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, France
• MBI, Max Born Institute, Germany
• PALS, Prague Asterix Laser System, Czech Republic
• MPQ, Max Planck Institut fur Quantenoptik, Germany
• VULRC, Vilnius University, Laser Research Centre, Lithuania
• CELIA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, France

JRA 2 Co-ordinator: John Collier, CLF