SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2024 8:31:34 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333248
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- Contracting Office
- LLNS � DOE CONTRACTOR Livermore CA 94551 USA
- ZIP Code
- 94551
- Solicitation Number
- IL-13658
- Response Due
- 4/4/2024 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 04/19/2024
- Point of Contact
- IPO Support, Elsie Quaite-Randall, Phone: 9254237302
- E-Mail Address
-
ipo-support@llnl.gov, quaiterandal1@llnl.gov
(ipo-support@llnl.gov, quaiterandal1@llnl.gov)
- 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 (1018 W) scale and beyond lasers practical. Enables a 1000x linear reduction of beam cross-section dimension. Enables a 1000x linear reduction in system size and weight by eliminating need for large fused-silica final optics. Potential Applications:�� Intense ultrafast lasers for high energy density physics, secondary particle creation and plasma wakefield acceleration. Inertial confinement fusion research. Ultrafast X-ray radiography in medicine. Electron and ion beams for cancer therapy. Development Status:� Current stage of technology development:� TRL 1-2 LLNL has filed for patent protection on this invention. U.S. Patent Application No. 2022/0376453 Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression published 11/24/2022 LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Moving critical technology beyond the Laboratory to the commercial world helps our licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. All licensing activities are conducted under policies relating to the strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information.� Please visit the IPO website at https://ipo.llnl.gov/resources for more information on working with LLNL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process. Note:� THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT.� Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression technology should provide an electronic OR written statement of interest, which includes the following: Company Name and address. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact. A description of corporate expertise and/or facilities relevant to commercializing this technology. Please provide a complete electronic OR written statement to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's Plasma Gratings for High-Intensity Laser Pulse Compression technology. The subject heading in an email response should include the Notice ID and/or the title of LLNL�s Technology/Business Opportunity and directed to the Primary and Secondary Point of Contacts listed below. Written responses should be directed to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Innovation and Partnerships Office P.O. Box 808, L-779 Livermore, CA� 94551-0808 Attention:�� IL-13658
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Livermore, CA, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
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