Research Infrastructure: Midscale RI-1 (M1:DP): OMEGA-EP-Pumped Optical Parametric Amplifier Line (EP-OPAL) Facility Design

研究基础设施：中型 RI-1 (M1:DP)：OMEGA-EP 泵浦光参量放大器线 (EP-OPAL) 设施设计

• 批准号: 2329970
• 负责人: Jonathan Zuegel
• 金额: $ 1797.66万
• 依托单位: University of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329970&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Infrastructure; Midscale; RI; M1

This award supports the design of a new, world-leading, high power laser user facility at the University of Rochester. This design project for the facility to be called EP-OPAL envisions two new powerful lasers to be located at the university's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE). EP-OPAL will employ a technique developed at UR/LLE for the generation of very powerful, ultrashort laser pulses that was recognized by the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. EP-OPAL aims to push beyond the current state of the art in peak laser power to achieve and study extreme physical conditions, such as ultrahigh electromagnetic fields, temperatures, and pressures that represent the frontier of science in studying matter in the Universe. Once completed, EP-OPAL will be the highest-power laser system in the world. The two laser beams combined will deliver approximately the same total power as incident on the Earth’s surface from the Sun, but focused into an area smaller than the cross-section of a human hair. The design effort will engage the U.S. industry to develop critical laser optics and will include hands-on training of a new generation of laser facility designers and builders.The EP-OPAL facility design award supports design of two 25-petawatt lasers using optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification, as well as associated experimental and diagnostics systems. The design will be guided by the most pressing scientific questions that can be answered using such a laser system in four areas of frontier research: Particle Acceleration and Advanced Light Sources, High-Field Physics and Quantum Electrodynamics, Laboratory Astrophysics and Planetary Physics, and Laser-Driven Nuclear Physics. Specifically, the main aims of the project are: (1) design the EP-OPAL facility, including lasers, experimental systems and diagnostics, to address a wide array of compelling science; (2) design and prototype high-energy laser amplifiers with shot-cycle times of a few minutes; (3) design and prototype large-optics production and characterization systems. The EP-OPAL facility is envisioned to serve as a learning environment and a hub for diverse scientific networks, offering opportunities for fundamental research and innovation as well as medical, industrial and national security applications. The EP-OPAL facility design effort will engage collaborators at the University of Buffalo, the University of California - Irvine, the University of Notre Dame, the Ohio State University, the University of Maryland - College Park, the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and an industrial partner Plymouth Grating Laboratory.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项支持罗切斯特大学新的，世界领先的高力量激光用户设施的设计。该设施被称为Ep-opal的设计项目设想两个新的强大激光器将位于该大学的激光能量实验室（UR/LLE）。 Ep-opal将采用在UR/LLE开发的一种技术，用于生成非常强大的超短激光脉冲，该脉冲已获得2018年诺贝尔物理学奖所认可的。 Ep-opal旨在超越激光峰值能力以超越目前的最新状态，以达到和研究极端的身体状况，例如超高电磁场，温度和代表宇宙研究物质科学领域的压力。完成后，EP-OPAL将是世界上最高的激光系统。两种激光束组合将传递与太阳从地球表面的事件相同的总功率，但专注于小于人头发的横截面的区域。设计工作将吸引美国行业开发关键的激光光学器件，并将包括对新一代激光设施设计师和建筑商的动手培训。eP-opal设施设计奖支持使用两个25-Petawatt激光器的设计，并使用光学参数chirped-Pulse放大以及相关的实验和诊断系统。该设计将以最紧迫的科学问题为指导，这些问题可以使用这种激光系统在边境研究的四个领域进行回答：粒子加速和高级光源，高场物理学和量子电动力学，实验室天体物理学和行星物理学以及激光驱动的核物理学。具体而言，该项目的主要目的是：（1）设计Ep-opal设施，包括激光器，实验系统和诊断，以解决各种引人入胜的科学； （2）设计和原型高能量激光放大器，射击周期时间为几分钟； （3）设计和原型大型生产和表征系统。设想该eP-opal设施可以作为学习环境和枢纽的科学网络，为基础研究和创新以及医疗，工业和国家安全应用提供机会。 Ep -Opal设施设计工作将与布法罗大学，加利福尼亚大学 - 尔湾分校，巴黎圣母院，俄亥俄州大学，马里兰州大学，马里兰州大学 - 大学公园，密歇根大学 - 安阿伯大学 - 安阿伯大学和工业合作伙伴进行了磨损。审查标准。