The KALDERA Ti:Sapphire Drive-Laser for Laser Plasma Acceleration at High Repetition Rates
Laser-driven accelerators hold the unique potential to significantly reduce the physical size and the costs of e.g. future synchrotron-injectors or free-electron lasers (FEL) [1], [2]. To reach this ambitious goal with high peak power lasers, the common repetition rate of a few Hz needs to be scaled up towards the kHz regime, which also yields kW-level average power. In turn, the laser's high-repetition rate finally enables the fast active stabilization of various laser parameters which will support sub-percent energy spread from the actual laser plasma electron accelerator. Indeed, these stabilization measures are understood to be key to match the stability requirements of existing synchrotrons or FELs.
Authors
- Timo Eichner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-1395)
- Mingshun Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0031-7409)
- Thomas Hülsenbusch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9105-5183)
- Cora Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3645-4984)
- A. R. Maier
- Caterina Vidoli
- Christian Werle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4820-7817)
- Matthias Schnepp
- L. Winkelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-393X)
- Guido Palmer
- Juan B. González‐Díaz
- Manuel Kirchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-6656)
- Alireza Yousefi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6814-4452)
- W. Leemanns
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- Hamburg Institut (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109123
- Primary Topic
- Laser Design and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00