Name: PACRI kick-off meeting
Start: 2025-03-12T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-14T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Trieste, Hotel NH

PACRI kick-off meeting

from Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (12:00 PM) to Friday, March 14, 2025 (5:00 PM)

Monday, March 10, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

12:00 PM Registration
Registration
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Lunch (NH Hotel)
Lunch (NH Hotel)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Welcome - Claudio Masciovecchio (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)
Welcome
- Claudio Masciovecchio (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM EU guidance and recommendations - Sotirios Kakarantzas (European Union)
EU guidance and recommendations
- Sotirios Kakarantzas (European Union)
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM 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)
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)
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM WP2 Scientific and industrial exploitation - Carsten Welsch (ULIV)
WP2 Scientific and industrial exploitation
- Carsten Welsch (ULIV)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM WP3: Plasma accelerator theory and simulations - Jorge Vieira (IST)
WP3: Plasma accelerator theory and simulations
- Jorge Vieira (IST)
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
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
4:45 PM WP4: High repetition rate plasma structures - Angelo Biagioni (INFN)
WP4: High repetition rate plasma structures
- Angelo Biagioni (INFN)
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
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
5:15 PM WP5: Plasma acceleration diagnostics and instrumentation - Rasmus Ischebeck (PSI)
WP5: Plasma acceleration diagnostics and instrumentation
- Rasmus Ischebeck (PSI)
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
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
Thursday, March 13, 2025
9:00 AM WP6: High efficiency RF generator - Armel Beunas (THALES AVS)
WP6: High efficiency RF generator
- Armel Beunas (THALES AVS)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Task 6.1: High efficiency X-band klystron design Task 6.2: Klystron prototype production
9:15 AM WP7: High repetition rate modulator - Mikael Lindholm (Scandinova) Kevin Pipitone (Scandinova)
WP7: High repetition rate modulator
- Mikael Lindholm (Scandinova)
- Kevin Pipitone (Scandinova)
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Task 7.1: High voltage modulator design Task 7.2: Prototype production
9:30 AM WP8: X-band RF Pulse Compressor (BOC) - David Alesini (INFN)
WP8: X-band RF Pulse Compressor (BOC)
- David Alesini (INFN)
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Task 8.1: BOC design Task 8.2: BOC prototype construction
9:45 AM WP6, WP7 & WP8 Comments and questions
WP6, WP7 & WP8 Comments and questions
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM WP9: RF systems power tests and validation - Nuria Catalan Lasheras (CERN)
WP9: RF systems power tests and validation
- Nuria Catalan Lasheras (CERN)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Task 9.1: Set up of the RF test area Task 9.2: RF systems power tests and validation
10:15 AM WP9 Comments and questions
WP9 Comments and questions
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM

10:20 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM WP10: High repetition rate high power Ti:Sa amplifier module - Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)
WP10: High repetition rate high power Ti:Sa amplifier module
- Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
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
11:20 AM WP11: Efficient kHz laser driver modules for plasma acceleration - Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR)
WP11: Efficient kHz laser driver modules for plasma acceleration
- Leonida Antonio Gizzi (CNR)
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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
11:50 AM WP12: High-rep rate pump sources for laser drivers - Neysha Lobo Ploch (FBH) Jonathan Tyler Green (ELI - ERIC) Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)
WP12: High-rep rate pump sources for laser drivers
- Neysha Lobo Ploch (FBH)
- Jonathan Tyler Green (ELI - ERIC)
- Maria Stefania De Vido (UKRI)
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
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
12:20 PM Lunch (participants' choice)
Lunch (participants' choice)
12:20 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM Group photo
Group photo
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM WP13: Prototype of high average power optical compressor - Olivier Chalus (THALES LAS)
WP13: Prototype of high average power optical compressor
- Olivier Chalus (THALES LAS)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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
3:00 PM WP14: Laser Driver System Architecture, transport and engineering - Kevin Cassou (CNRS)
WP14: Laser Driver System Architecture, transport and engineering
- Kevin Cassou (CNRS)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
14.1: System engineering 14.2: Systems required for operation 14.3: Focal spot stabilization WP14 Comments and questions
3:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM Plenary discussion
Plenary discussion
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

7:30 PM Dinner at Yacht Club Adriaco
Dinner at Yacht Club Adriaco
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Friday, March 14, 2025
9:00 AM PACRI General Assembly - Cecilia Blasetti (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.) Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste)
PACRI General Assembly
- Cecilia Blasetti (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)
- Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM WPs satellite meetings
WPs satellite meetings
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Lunch (participants' choice)
Lunch (participants' choice)
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste visit
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste visit
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM