Author: Hours, Ph.
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MOPHA059 Ultra-High Precision Timing System for the CEA-Laser Megajoule 347
 
  • S. Hocquet, N. Bazoge, Ph. Hours, D. Monnier-Bourdin
    Greenfield Technology, Massy, France
  • T. Falgon, T. Somerlinck
    CEA, LE BARP cedex, France
 
  High power laser such as the Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) or National Ignition Facility (NIF) requires different types of trigger precision to synchronize all the laser beams, plasma diagnostics and generate fiducials. Greenfield Technology, which designs and produces picosecond delay generator and timing system for about 20 years, has been hired by CEA to develop new products to meet the LMJ requirements. About 2000 triggers are about to be set to control and synchronize all of the 176 laser beams on the target with a precision better than 40 ps RMS. Among these triggers, Greenfield Technology’s GFT1012 is a 4-channels delay generator challenging ultra-high performances: an ultra-low jitter between 2 slaves below 4 ps RMS and a peak-to-peak wander over 1 week lower than 6 ps due to a thermal control of the most sensitive part (the thermal drift is below 1 ps/°C) and specific developments for clock management and restitution. On going investigation should bring the jitter close to 2 ps RMS between 2 slaves.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOPHA059  
About • paper received ※ 30 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 09 October 2019       issue date ※ 30 August 2020  
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