High-rep rate target development for ultra-intense interaction science at the Central Laser Facility

N Booth, R Clarke, R Heathcote… - … and Engineering for …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The requirement from large scale facilities for high repetition rate operations is rapidly
approaching, and is increasingly important for studies into high intensity secondary source …

[HTML][HTML] Error modelling and validation of a high-precision five degree of freedom hybrid mechanism for high-power high-repetition rate laser operations

S Karim, S Piano, R Leach, M Tolley - Precision Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The accuracy, repeatability and speed requirements of high-power laser operations demand
the employment of five degree of freedom motion control solutions that are capable of …

[PDF][PDF] Progress on positioning of solid targets for Gemini

DR Symes, N Booth, M Baraclough, G Indorf, P Oliver… - Focus, 2014 - clf.stfc.ac.uk
When conducting experiments using the Gemini laser the highest intensity is achieved using
the f/2 parabola which focusses to a spot radius (1/e2) of 1.6 μm with a corresponding …

Laser proton accelerator with improved repeatability at Peking University

Y Shou, Y Geng, Q Liao, J Zhu, P Wang… - Journal of Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The repeatability of laser proton accelerator is mainly limited by laser plasma interaction,
laser target coupling and laser parameter variation. In our recent experiments performed on …