BELLA laser and operations (original) (raw)

Abstract

The BELLA laser system is the first high repetition rate petawatt class laser in the world. The laser was acquired from THALES to allow laser plasma acceleration (LPA) experiments that aim at exploring the physics of linear and non-linear interactions of intense lasers with plasmas towards the development of a 10 GeV module. Here we present details of the operation of the BELLA laser and beam line systems, including the control and data acquisition system.

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