The LLNL team constructing the High Repetition Rate Advanced Petawatt Laser System (HAPLS) attained a major project milestone last month with the completion of assembly and alignment of key subsystems of the HAPLS pump laser system.
The team submitted a 100-page report documenting the required work on April 29, and the project’s Czech sponsors accepted it the next day. The pump laser is a main component of the HAPLS system, which when completed will be the world’s highest average power petawatt laser system. HAPLS is being designed, developed, assembled and tested at LLNL for delivery to the European Union’s Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines (ELI-Beamlines) facility in the Czech Republic.
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