Target Area Petawatt (TAP)

Target Area Petawatt

TAP is configured for delivering the highest intensity using an F3 focussing optic, achieving intensities of up to 10²¹ W/cm². Pulse length and energies are configurable from sub ps to 10’s ps on request. On-shot diagnostics include near and far field images, energy, spectrometer, autocorrelator, contrast diode, etc.

Pulse configurations are available with configurable pre- or post-pulses, dual pulses etc.

In addition to the short pulse beamline, a single standard long pulse beam is available with pulse lengths from 0.5ns up to 8ns and energy from 50J per beam up to 300J per beam depending on operational pulse length. Under request, the temporal shape of the pulse can be modified, and conversion into second harmonic is available. The standard jitter between the long pulses and the short pulses is around 150ps.