Imagine a laser that doesn't just fire once every few minutes, but pulses rapidly and powerfully like a high-speed machine gun. This project builds the 'heavy-duty' parts—better mirrors, stronger amplifiers, and smarter lenses—that stop these lasers from overheating or breaking. It's like upgrading a car engine from a hobbyist model to a professional racing grade so it can run at top speed for hours without crashing.
High-energy lasers often suffer from component failure and instability when operated at high repetition rates. This prevents the reliable and sustainable operation of large-scale research and industrial beamlines.
A 200 mm PAMDAM amplifier prototype and an adjustable beam focusing system for PW lasers. These include advanced optical coatings and all-reflective optics for long-distance beam transport.
If you are an optical coating provider dealing with materials that degrade under intense light—this project developed optical coating resilience for large optics that increases durability. This allows for the creation of mirrors and lenses that survive high-energy environments.
If you are a laser amplifier manufacturer dealing with unstable beam quality—this project developed a 200 mm PAMDAM prototype that optimizes gain deposition homogeneity and wavefront distortion. This ensures a more reliable and sustainable operation of high-energy beamlines.
If you are a system integrator dealing with the difficulty of moving powerful beams over long distances—this project developed an adjustable beam focusing system for PW lasers. This allows for flexible focal lengths and more efficient beam transport using all-reflective optics.
Based on available project data, specific unit prices for the prototypes are not listed; however, the project received an EU contribution of EUR 10,425,250 for its development.
The project focuses on producing prototypes to demonstrate a high level of technical readiness and proposes concrete steps to increase the effectiveness of the industrial community through co-development.
The design of the adjustable beam focusing system for PW lasers will be made available on a public repository.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31, with prototypes being developed to reach the technical readiness level required for specification and building.
The technology is specifically designed for integration into ESFRI landmarks such as FAIR, ELI, and Eu-XFEL, as well as RI APOLLON.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and academic institutions (7 out of 11 partners), which is typical for high-energy physics. However, the inclusion of 1 industry partner and 1 SME, combined with a 9% industry ratio, indicates a targeted effort to bridge the gap between laboratory prototypes and industrial manufacturing. The presence of partners from 5 countries (BE, CZ, DE, FR, US) suggests a broad international validation of the technology.
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