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Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée
ENSTA - Ecole Polytechnique
Centre de l'Yvette
91761 Palaiseau Cedex
France
Tel : (33) 1 69 31 99 99
Fax : (33) 1 69 31 99 96
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  • 0.8 J, 25 fs, 35 TW, 800 nm, 1019 W cm-2 ('Yellow' room)
  • 1.5 mJ, 30 fs, 0.5 TW, 800 nm, 1018 W cm-2, 1 kHz ('Red' room)
  • 3 mJ, 60 fs, 620 nm, 1016 W cm-2, 10 Hz, ('Pink' room)
  • 0.5 J, 50 fs, 10 TW, 800 nm,  1014 W cm-2, 1 kHz (Building E)
  • 4 µJ, 130 fs, 800 nm, 1013 W cm-2, 200 kHz (Building E)
  • 100 fs, 1.26 µm, 1011 W cm-2, 82 MHz (Building E)
 
FACILITIES AVAILABLE at LOA ENSTA

 TYPE of LASERS

RANGE of WAVELENGTHS

 Repetition rate

Pulse duration

 Peak Intensity

Energy per Pulse

 OBJECTIVES

Bâtiment E Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa)  80 MHz 1 nJ 400 kHz 10 nJ 15 fs to 20 fs  1010 W cm-2 to 1012 W cm-2
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Four-wave mixing
  • Induced grating kinetics
  • Time solved spectroscopy
Bâtiment E Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa) Solid state amplifiers Nd-YLF pumped  1 kHz 500 mJ 50 fs  1013 W cm-2 to 1014 W cm-2 0.1 mJ
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Four-wave mixing
  • Time solved spectroscopy
  • Solid state physics
 Bâtiment E Oscillator 1.26 µm Cr4+ Forsterite  82 MHz 100 fs  1010 W cm-2 to 1011 W cm-2
  • Propagation in fibers
  • Telecommunications
 Bâtiment E Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa) Solid state amplifiers Argon pumped  200 kHz 130 fs  4 µJ 1012 W cm-2 to 1013 W cm-2
  • Time resolved spectroscopy
  • Solid state physics
  • Parametric amplification
 Salle Rose Oscillator 620 nm with Dye amplifiers Nd-YAG pumped  10 Hz 60 à 100 fs  1012 W cm-2 to 1016 W cm-2 3 mJ
  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Plasma studies
  • X ray generation
 Salle Verte Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa) Solid state amplifiers Nd-YAG pumped  10 Hz or 2 times 5 Hz   110 fs  1018 W cm-2
  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Plasma studies
  • X ray generation
 Salle Rouge Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa) Solid state amplifiers Nd-YLF pumped  1 kHz 30 fs 1.5 mJ 0.5 TW  1017 W cm-2 to 1018 W cm-2
  • Harmonic generation
  • Material studies
  • Athermic regime
  • X ray generation
 Salle Jaune Oscillator 800 nm (Ti/Sa) Solid state amplifiers Pumped by 4 Joules Nd-YAG  25 fs 0.8 J 35 TW  1018 W cm-2 to 1019 W cm-2
  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Plasma studies
  • X ray generation
  • Time solved diffraction in femtosecond regime
 In preparation 10 Joules Nd-YAG pumping Contrast ratio 1010  20 to 30 fs 100 TW  1019 W cm-2 to 1021 W cm-2 500 mJ to 1 Joule
  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Plasma studies
  • X ray generation
  • Relativistic effects

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