Facility and experimental capabilities. The XXX-Beamlines facility will be the most multifunctional of all existing and projected laser facilities. It is designed not only to serve researchers who specialize in laser science, but it will also accommodate researchers from other fields such as material sciences and engineering, medicine, biology, chemistry, and astrophysics. With this variety in its research activities, it is expected to deliver significant benefits to society in the medium and long term. PRIMARY LASER SOURCES Peak power Energy in pulse Pulse duration Repetition rate XXX Beamlines L1 >5 TW 100 mJ < 20 fs 1 kHz L2 OPCPA, Dual color 100 TW 1J OPCPA /1mj MIR ≤ 20 fs 20 Hz L3 ≥ PW ≥ 30 J ≤ 30 fs 10 Hz L4f 10 PW ≥ 1.5 kJ ≤ 150 fs 1 shot per min L4n ≥ 1.5 kJ ns 1 shot per min Xxxxxxxx 6 & 10mJ 20 fs 1 kHz Bio-laser 6 mJ CEP stabilization 20 fs 1 kHz Table 1 – XXX Beamlines Performance Parameters for Laser Sources The specific goal of ELI Beamlines, as endorsed in the XXX ‘White Book’, is to develop a ‘High- Energy Beam Facility, responsible for development and use of ultra-short pulses of high- energy particles and radiation stemming from relativistic and ultra-relativistic interactions’, as well as to address one of the ‘Grand Challenges’ listed in it, specifically in the generation of ‘Ultra-short pulses of energetic particles (>10 GeV) and radiation (up to few MeV) beams produced from compact laser plasma accelerators’. Furthermore, there is a very strong emphasis on possible applications in different fields of societal relevance like for instance medicine or biology. ELI-Beamlines, together with the connected HiLASE Centre dedicated to the laser technology development and transfer, which already serves as an attractor for companies and spin-offs in different fields installed in the so-called STAR region (Science and Technology Advanced Region) which is surrounding the XXX-Beamlines facility, creates the favourable environment for intensive cooperation between research and industry.
