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Laboratory Astrophysics
Physical phenomena and extreme matter conditions, as encountered in many astrophysical situations, can be reproduced at a smaller scale in the lab thanks to high-power laser facilities. It is worth mentioning for instance cataclysmic variables, supernova explosions, young star jets, stellar and pla…
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Laboratory planetology and hot dense matter
Warm Dense Matter: planetary science and fundamental physics at LULIThe advent of high-power lasers has opened unprecedented opportunities to explore extreme pressures (several Mbar) and temperatures (multi kK), leading to investigations of complex states of matter at the intersection of condensed …
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Laser
The LULI2000 laser hall contains 2 power laser chains (NORTH and SOUTH) with single pulse neodymium glass. Each chain can deliver up to 1 kJ at ω (1.053 µm) in ns regime (NANO2000 configuration).The repetition rate is limited to one shot every 90 minutes (between 4 and 6 "full energy" shots per day…
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Laser amplification by Stimulated Brillouin Backscattering
Plasmas, by exciting ion acoustic waves (Stimulated Brillouin Scattering), can be used to transfer energy from moderately long, high-energy laser pulses to short ones. The topic was investigated in collaboration with the SPRINT team and the University of Roma.1D and 2D PIC simulations in the strong…
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Laser-plasma interaction in the framework of advanced ICF schemes
Special attention has been paid to the so-called shock ignition scheme. In this scheme, compression of the fuel pellet is ensured by laser irradiation at lower intensity and longer duration than in the nominal scheme, while ignition is independently achieved thanks to a strong shock launched by a d…
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Le mot du directeur
Sébastien Le Pape - Director of LULISince the first laser was built in 1960, the ability to concentrate the enormous power of intense, brief beams of light onto micrometric dimensions has opened the way to numerous fields of research.Indeed, the interaction between these focused beams and matter br…
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Legal notices
Data controller(s) and subcontractorsThe LULI laboratory is attached to :École Polytechnique, a public scientific, cultural and professional institution, located at Route de Saclay - 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - represented by Ingénieure générale de l'armement (IGA), Ms Laura CHAUBARD, acting President;…
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Life and death of stars
Les explosions de supernovæ sont à la fois synonymes de la mort d'une étoile et à l'origine de de protoétoiles. Des aspects de ces explosions sont reproduits grâce aux lasers du LULI depuis bientôt deux décennies. Contacts :michel.koenig[at]polytechnique.edu bruno.albertazzi[at]polytechnique.edu
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LULI2000
The LULI2000 facility is unique in Europe because of the target coupling of high energy ns and ps pulses and the presence of auxiliary beams. It is one of the few fundamental physics instruments allowing parametric academic studies (and thus training) on inertial fusion and high energy density matt…
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Magnetized plasma
Magnetic fields, present in the interstellar medium and in fusion experiments, modify the properties of high energy density plasmas. Thanks to a magnetic field generator coupled to the laser facility, LULI is at the forefront of research on magnetized plasmas. The physics of magnetized plasmas of h…
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Missions
The laboratory missionsAs an academic research centre and a laser research infrastructure of national importance, LULI is carrying out several key missions for the benefit of the whole plasma physics community.Research infrastructure, LULI is the national academic high-energy laser centre offering …
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