Lunch (NH Hotel)

Welcome

• Claudio Masciovecchio (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

EU guidance and recommendations

• Sotirios Kakarantzas (European Union)

WP1 Coordination and project management

• Cecilia Blasetti (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)
• Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste)
• Massimo Ferrario (INFN)
• Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR)

WP2 Scientific and industrial exploitation

• Carsten Welsch (ULIV)

WP3: Plasma accelerator theory and simulations

• Jorge Vieira (IST)

Task 3.1: Development of a toolkit for magnetohydrodynamic simulations Task 3.2: Plasma Source Design in the High-Repetition Rate Regime Task 3.3: Develop of comp, models for coherent radiation emission in a plasma module Task 3.4: Development of a toolkit for simulating acceleration in finite temperature plasma WP3 Comments and questions

WP4: High repetition rate plasma structures

• Angelo Biagioni (INFN)

Task 4.1: High-repetition rate gas jet target development TasK 4.2: Development of a high-repetition rate gas cell structured target Task 4.3: Development of high-repetition rate plasma capillaries Task 4.4: Development of high-repetition rate advanced plasma sources WP4 Comments and questions

WP5: Plasma acceleration diagnostics and instrumentation

• Rasmus Ischebeck (PSI)

Task 5.1: Transverse diagnostics for high repetition rate for plasma accelerators Task 5.2: Longitudinal diagnostics for high repetition rate for plasma acceleration. Task 5.3: Longitudinal diagnostics for high repetition rate for plasma acceleration. WP5 Comments and questions

WP6: High efficiency RF generator

• Armel Beunas (THALES AVS)

Task 6.1: High efficiency X-band klystron design Task 6.2: Klystron prototype production

WP7: High repetition rate modulator

• Mikael Lindholm (Scandinova)
• Kevin Pipitone (Scandinova)

Task 7.1: High voltage modulator design Task 7.2: Prototype production

WP8: X-band RF Pulse Compressor (BOC)

• David Alesini (INFN)

Task 8.1: BOC design Task 8.2: BOC prototype construction

WP6, WP7 & WP8 Comments and questions

WP9: RF systems power tests and validation

• Nuria Catalan Lasheras (CERN)

Task 9.1: Set up of the RF test area Task 9.2: RF systems power tests and validation

WP9 Comments and questions

WP10: High repetition rate high power Ti:Sa amplifier module

• Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)

Task 10.1: Operat. and characterizat. of a 20-100 Hz Yb:YAG pump laser for a Ti:Sa amplif. Task 10.2: Develop. and characterizat. of a 100Hz Nd:YAG pump laser for a Ti:Sa amplif. 10.3: Developing a conceptual design of a Ti:Sapphire amplifier at 20Hz and beyond WP10 Comments and questions

WP11: Efficient kHz laser driver modules for plasma acceleration

• Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR)

11.1: kHz Thin disk drive pulse for P-MOPA 11.2: Post compression of kHz ps pulses 11.3: Broadband amplification in Thulium doped gain media 11.4: kHz pulsed diode laser pump demonstrator WP11 Comments and questions

WP12: High-rep rate pump sources for laser drivers

• Neysha Lobo Ploch (FBH)
• Jonathan Tyler Green (ELI - ERIC)
• Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)

12.1: Implement improvements to DUHA pump laser for increased average power operat. 12.2: Evaluation of optical coatings in high average power, high energy systems 12.3: Investigate an OPCPA amplifier at 100 Hz 12.4: Diode laser pump unit design for 20…100 Hz implementation WP12 Comments and questions

WP13: Prototype of high average power optical compressor

• Olivier Chalus (THALES LAS)

13.1: Modelling of ther. load impact on grating under vac. and valid. with existing syst. 13.2: Exper. charact. of dielectr. grat. samples with dens. power comp. with kW beamline 13.3: Compressor design based on dielectric grating technology for kW beamline WP13 Comments and questions

WP14: Laser Driver System Architecture, transport and engineering

• Kevin Cassou (CNRS)

14.1: System engineering 14.2: Systems required for operation 14.3: Focal spot stabilization WP14 Comments and questions

Plenary discussion

PACRI General Assembly

• Cecilia Blasetti (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)
• Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste)

WPs satellite meetings

Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste visit