In a recently published deliverable, THRILL presents the design of an achromatic reflective beam transport telescope for the Apollon F2 ‘1 PW beamline’, together with preliminary design studies for future implementations at the European XFEL and FAIR laser facilities. The primary objective is to improve the near-field spatial quality[…]

As part of WP5 of THRILL on advanced laser beam control, the deliverable D5.3: Design of an adjustable beam focusing system for PW lasers has been published. This study focuses on the design and validation of a three-mirror telescopic zoom system using spherical mirrors to meet the stringent optical[…]

Laser Engineers and Researchers teamed up for building the next generation of beam stabilization systems. The THRILL project continues to advance the frontier of adaptive optics (AO) technology with a dedicated hands-on training on Real-Time Computer (RTC) installation, held at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. In mid-October,[…]

THRILL decided to adopt the living standard for a meta-data rich structure data storage developed within the HELPMI project for the acquisition and exchange of laser operations data.The HELPMI format was validated in 2024, within a pilot implementation at GSI and confirmed by machine learning (ML) practitioners within THRILL[…]

Exciting news – a new paper from our team has been published recently: Apollon Real-Time Adaptive Optics (ARTAO) – Astronomy-Inspired Wavefront Stabilization in Ultraintense LasersJ. B. Ohland, N. Lebas, V. Deo, O. Guyon, F. Mathieu, P. Audebert and D. Papadopouloshttps://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2025.16 Abstract: Traditional wavefront control in high-energy, high-intensity laser systems[…]

The THRILL workshop on adaptive optics integration brought together leading scientists to address critical challenges in high-power laser control. The year 2025 began on a high note with the successful completion of the THRILL workshop, held on January 16, 2025, at the Department of Physics, University of Oxford. Organized[…]

As part of THRILL Task 5.3, a workshop on adaptive optics integration will be held in conjunction with the LPA Special Workshop on Intelligent Systems from 13-16 January 2025 at the University of Oxford. This in-person event will host a larger community interested in topics related to machine learning,[…]

On 27 and 28 February, a workshop to kick-off Task 5.4 of the THRILL project brought together laser operators and experts from ELI beamlines, GSI, HIJ, HZDR and LULI to share their approaches to laser-operations data acquisition and laser control. The workshop’s participants also took the opportunity to discuss[…]