Technology/Business Opportunity Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Technology/Business Opportunity Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression

Deadline : 04 Apr 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 98218956

Document Ref. No. : IL-13658

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Contracting Office Address : Livermore, CA 94551
Primary Point of Contact : IPO Support
ipo-support@llnl.gov

Secondary Point of Contact : Elsie Quaite-Randall
quaiterandal1@llnl.gov
Phone Number 9254237302
USA
Email :ipo-support@llnl.gov

Tender Details

Description

Opportunity:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression technology.



Background:

The peak power of femtosecond lasers is limited by the size and damage threshold of their solid-state optical components, with the final compression grating of chirped pulse amplification systems posing a challenging bottleneck in reaching higher powers. High-power femtosecond lasers currently use reflective diffraction gratings (gold or dielectric coated) to build a compressor for chirped pulse amplification. These gratings are limited to light intensities of 1012 W/cm2, so gratings for petawatt lasers and beyond must be large to stay below the damage fluence.



Description:

This invention draws on the higher damage tolerance of plasma to manipulate high-intensity light. Plasma is a difficult medium to control and sets stringent limits on optical performance. A compact high-power laser system can be realized using plasma transmission gratings for chirped pulse compression based on currently achievable plasma properties and minimal plasma volume. A double compression architecture compensates for the low angular dispersion of plasma gratings. Design constraints can be modelled using particle-in-cell simulations of grating performance at high light intensity. These simulations suggest that the meter-scale final compression gratings for a 10-PW laser could be replaced with 2-mm-diameter plasma gratings, allowing compression to 20 fs or below with 90% efficiency for multi-petawatt (1015 W) to exawatt (1018 W) lasers.



Advantages/Benefits:

Increases the damage fluence levels by almost 6 orders of magnitude making exawatt...
Active Contract Opportunity Notice ID IL-13658 Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF Sub-tier ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF Office LLNS – DOE CONTRACTOR
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-08:00) PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, LOS ANGELES, USA
Original Published Date: Mar 04, 2024 08:31 am PST
Original Response Date: Apr 04, 2024 09:00 am PDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Apr 19, 2024
Initiative:
Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code:
NAICS Code: 333248 - All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Livermore, CA USA

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