30/9/2010 Centre for Plasma Physics & Lasers T.E.I. of Crete, Greece Centre for Plasma Physics & Lasers (CPPL) is an internationally renowned Centre pursuing cutting edge research on: Centre for Plasma Physics & Lasers •High Laser Intensity Plasma Interactions •Physics and Technology of Ultrashort & Intense Laser Generated Secondary Sources CPPL Objectives • To study the high energy density plasma physics and ultra-intense non-linear laser matter and plasma interactions • To study the generation and applications of secondary laser-induced sources: Ultrafast & Intense X-rays, XUV light and γ-rays Fast, Low Divergence, Mono-energetic particles (electrons, ions and neutrons) T.E.I. of Crete, Greece •Development and Applications of State of the Art Pulsed Power Devices UltraHigh Frequency Sounds THz Light •Laser- & Secondary Sources-Based Diagnostics for Plasmas and Materials •Technology and Applications of Few Cycle Laser Pulses *The Centre team is the Leading Participant of Fundamental Science Program • To develop diagnostics for matter and plasma characterization • To train postgraduate and graduate students on Laser Plasma Interactions, Secondary Sources, Pinch Devices, High-Power and Ultrafast lasers and associated technology of HiPER-Europe and coordinates the HiPER-GR Network Man Power • Dr. Michael Tatarakis, Professor of Laser Plasma Physics • Dr. Nektarios Papadogiannis, Professor of Ultrafast Optics and Non-linear Optics and Optoacoustics • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dr. Efthimios Bakarezos, Assistant Professor, Physicist, Ultrafast Optics Dr. John Kaliakatsos Professor, Physicist, Material Science Dr. John Chatzakis, Assist. Professor, Electronics Engineer, Plasma Pulse Power Devices Dr. Constantinos Petridis, Lecturer, Physicist, Laser Optics Dr. Christos Kamperidis, HiPER Fellow, Physicist, Laser Plasma Physics Dr. Eugene Clark, HiPER Fellow, Physicist, Laser Plasma Physics Dr. S.Murtaza Hassan, Marie-Curie Fellow, Laser Plasma Physics Dr. Elena Baronova, Marie-Curie Fellow, Laser Plasma Physics Dr. Charalambos Kiagias, Post doc Fellow, Laser Acoustics Mr Spyros Brezas, MSc, Engineer Mr Vasilis Miriokefalitakis, MSc, Engineer Mr Emmanuel Maragoudakis, Engineer Ms Irene Tzianaki, MSc, PhD student Mr Yannis Orphanos, MSc, PhD Student Mr George Androulakis, MSc, PhD student • • • • • • • Dr. Vasilis Dimitriou, Lecturer, Mathematics/Computational Mechanics, Theory Dr. Michael Psimopoulos, Physicist, Plasma Theory Dr. Sevim Tanriverdi, Physicist, Plasma Theory Dr. Victor Vikherv, Physicist, Plasma Theory Dr. Dimitris Pliakis, Mathematical Physicist, Analytical Mathematics Dr Maria Eleftheriou, Physicist, Laser Matter Interaction Theory Dr Dimitrios Zacharioudakis, Physist, Laser Acoustics Theory CPPL Photorealistic representation of New Building 2700 m2 CPPL Collaborations • High Intensity Laser Plasma Physics and Secondary Sources Main Collaboration with: Imperial College London, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University Milano Biccoca, Univeristy of Piza, University of California at San Diego, Technical University of Lisboa • Ultrafast Laser Matter Interactions and Plasma Diagnostics Development Main Collaboration with: Queens University Belfast, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, DESY, Imperial College London, Univ.of Ioannina, TUC, IESL/FORTH • High Intensity Laser Radiation Safety Main Collaboration with: Technical University of Madrid CPPL New Building 2700 m2 Selected High Impact Publications of CPPL Researchers Plasma Cavitation in ultraintense laser interactions with underdense helioum plasmas, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (2010) Generation of Ultrahigh-Velocity Ionizing Shocks with Petawatt-Class Laser Pulses PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2009) Temporaly and spatially resolved measurements of multi-megagauss magnetic fields in high intensity laser produced plasmas” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2008) High repetition rate pseudospark trigger generator REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (2008) Bidirectional jet formation during driven magnetic reconnection in two-beam laserplasma interactions PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2008) Time resolved refractive index and absorption mapping of light-plasma filaments in water OPTICS LETTERS (2008) Effect of relativistic plasma on extremeultraviolet harmonic emission from intense laser-matter interactions, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2008) Quantitative two-dimensional shadow-graphic method for high-sensitivity density measurement of under-critical laser plasmas OPTICS LETTERS (2007) Enhanced harmonic conversion efficiency in the self-guided propagation of femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulses in argon APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS (2005) Direct observation of attosecond light bunching NATURE 426 (2003) Two-photon ionization of He through a superposition of higher harmonics PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2003) Measuring huge magnetic fields NATURE (2002) Measurements of Energetic Proton Transport through Magnetized Plasma from Intense laser interactions with solids PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2000) Observation of attosecond light localization in higher order harmonic generation PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (1999) Plasma formations on the front and rear of plastic targets due to high-intensity laser generated fast electrons PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS(1998) CPPL New Building 2700 m2 Addressing the new engineering design needs for hosting ultrafast and intense lasers and relevant applications: •Vibration-isolated Laboratory Floor, completely isolated by the side walls and the rest of the building structure •State of the Art Electro-Mechanical devices ensure stable temperature and humidity conditions throughout the year, as well as high indoor pressure for the achievement of dust free environment •Infrastructure includes autonomous support facilities for the Academic and administration personnel, e.g. Conference room, Meeting room, Library, 35 office stations, restaurant and Private Parking 1 30/9/2010 Laboratories Area 1400 m2 Support Facilities 500 m2 Office area 800 m2 CPPL Major Facilities and Diagnostics • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire laser system (Femtolasers GmbH) Oscillator: <10fs, 200mW (avg), 80 MHz, CEP-stabilized Amplifier: <35fs, >1.5mJ pp, 1 KHz, CEP-stabilized <7fs, >0.8mJ pp, 1 KHz, CEP-stabilized (RMS Δφ=±80 mrad for 1hour) Picosecond Q-switched, SBS compressed Nd:YAG laser, 150ps, 250mJ pp (max), 10Hz, four harmonics (EKSPLA) Nanosecond Q-switched, single longitudinal mode Nd:YAG laser, 6ns, 850mJ pp (max), 10Hz, four harmonics (Quantel) CW, DPSS lasers for Interferometry and Holography 5W, 532nm, single longitudinal mode (Coherent) High Harmonic Generation and Detection System (QUB and DESY collaboration) MeV Electron Magnetic Energy Analyzer High performance, high-repetition rate Miniature Plasma Focus device High performance X-pinch system CCD-based computer-controlled laser shadowgraphy & soft X-ray Imaging System X-ray Spectrometers, Photomultipliers and photodiodes based hard X-ray measurement system, Microchannel Plates-Phosphor Screen Imaging Systems, Cameras for Vis, UV and XUV Laser Pulse Characterization device (down to 4.5 fs) ESPI system for Plasma and Material Characterization 3d Holographic Camera Electron Microscope (CMT-TEI of Crete Collaboration) Part of the state of the art sub-7 fs Ultrahigh Intensity Laser System Ultrahigh frequency sources setup using sub-7 fs Laser System CPPL Research in HiPER Related Fields • Ultrahigh Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions, Fast and Shock Ignition and Secondary Sources Michael Tatarakis, Eugene Clark, Christos Kamperidis, Nektarios Papadogiannis, John Chatzakis, Michael Psimopoulos Main Collaboration with: Imperial College London, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of California at San Diego • Plasma Diagnostics Nektarios Papadogiannis, Michael Tatarakis, Makis Bakarezos, Kostas Petridis Main Collaboration with: Queens University Belfast, DESY, IESL/FORTH, Univ.of Ioannina • High Laser Intensity Radiation Safety Eugene Clark, Chirstos Kamperidis, Michael Tatarakis Main Collaboration with: Technical University of Madrid Nano-Second High Intensity Single Longitudinal Mode Laser & Setup for Dynamic Plasma Holography Pico-Second High Intensity Laser & Plasma Focus setup 2 30/9/2010 Training Actions taken by CPPL in the Framework of HiPER: Education on HiPER Diagnostics •Nuclear Diagnostics •K-alpha imaging •X-ray Thomson scattering •X-ray quantitative shadowgraphy •X-ray High Harmonic Diagnostics •Electron diagnostics •Proton diagnostics •Ultra fast streak camera •Advanced optical probing •Pyrometry •VISAR •Elastic wave excitation & propagation Excellent Devices for training on: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Laser Plasma Physics Intense Laser Technology Fast Electronics and Optoelectronics Devices Ultrafast Optics and Applications Fast and Shock Ignition Nuclear Physics Radiation Safety Optics & Spectroscopy High Voltage Systems Pulsed-Power Technology Ion Acoustics Warm Matter Diagnostics Dynamic Holography “Erasmus-Intensive Programmes” The first intensive programme on HiPER Related Physics from the 28th of June until 8th of July at CPPL, Rethimno, Crete TEI of Crete (Coordinator), Imperial College London, University of Bordeaux, Queens University of Belfast, Technical University of Lisboa, Czech Technical University of Prague, University of Milano-Bicocca, Technical University of Madrid and University of York “Erasmus-Higher Education-Curriculum Development” submitted on the 25th of February 2010 + University of Lund and INSTN France Ο ρόλος του CPPL στο HiPER-GR ως Facilitator Οικονομική Συμβολή του ΤΕΙ Κρήτης -Εθνική & Ευρωπαϊκή συμμετοχή- Συντονισμός δικτύου HiPER-GR στα πεδία: •Στρατηγικής Ανάπτυξης σε Εθνικό Επίπεδο, αλλά και μελλοντικής αξιοποίησης της κεντρικής εγκατάστασης του HiPER και της Ελληνικής περιφερειακής εγκατάστασης •Εκπαίδευσης και κατάρτισης, διάχυσης πληροφοριών και αμφίδρομης ενημέρωσης με το 5,0 Μ€ Κτιριακές Υποδομές •Υλοποίησης διεπιστημονικών ομαδοποιημένων ερευνητικών δραστηριοτήτων, τόσο στην 2,7 Μ€ Εξοπλισμός κεντρική Ε.Υ. όσο και στην Ελληνικής περιφερειακής εγκατάστασης 0,5 Μ€ Ετήσιο κόστος λειτουργίας και συντήρησης HiPER–Eu •Χρηματοδοτικών ενεργειών, συμπεριλαμβανομένων συμπράξεων δημόσιων και ιδιωτικών φορέων Κάλυψη μισθών Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού ΣΤΟΧΟΣ Μετεξέλιξη του HiPER-GR σε αναγνωρισμένη νομική οντότητα με την μορφή κοινοπραξίας (cluster) για την μεγιστοποίηση του Εθνικού οφέλους Latest Compression & ignition Scheme proposed for HiPER Πρόταση Εθνικής χρηματοδότησης για την επόμενη φάση του HiPER Proposed scheme if heating part and shock ignition part of the pulse can tolerate some non collinearity Contact Persons Συνεργασία με ΓΓΕΤ (2008-) με στόχο τη βέλτιστη πρόταση στις σημερινές οικονομικές συνθήκες • Αρχική σύγκλιση στο ποσό των 5 Μ€ P Shock ignition sub ns pulse (1.5 kJ) Heating ns pulse (1.43kJ) • Στόχος ολοκλήρωσης Πρότασης χρηματοδότησης με Προτεινόμενος Καταμερισμός χρηματοδότησης βάση σημερινών αναγκών: 0 t Seven 1.43 kJ heating pulses = 10KJ Two 1.5 kJ shock ignition pulses = 3 kJ Prof. Michael Tatarakis [email protected] την ολοκλήρωση του HiPER-GR 2,8 Μ€ HiPER-Eu 1,4 Μ€ Εξοπλισμός Εθνικής εγκατάστασης 0,8 Μ€ Ενίσχυση μετεξέλιξης HiPER-GR Prof. Nektarios A. Papadogiannis [email protected] 3
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