Objective Description:The ADAPTOOL programme consists in the development and implementation of active control of the spatial phase of Europe's high power laser facilities.This will improve access by:1. Improving the beam quality close to the diffraction limit;2. Improving the shot rate of large laser systems;3. Relaxing the tolerances and cost of optical components.The fundamental principle of an Adaptive-Optic system is that of a process loop in which a wave front detector feeds correction signals to an optical actuator. This programme sets out to identify the most cost effective and technically appropriate solutions to the adaptive beam correction requirement for Europe's large-scale laser installations. We intend to exploit the rapidly advancing technology of commercial liquid crystal displays and we will pursue a parallel low risk development of existing deformable mirror technology.Results:In the first 12 months of the project, partners have successfully designed, bought, built and implemented:- radial shear interferometers and Shack Hartman sensors (wave front detection and measurements);- deformable mirrors (commercially available or home made mirrors);- laser beam propagation modelling with detection/correction closed loop;- advanced liquid crystal spatial light modulator (designed for large aperture and high damage threshold purposes).Project Manager:Bruno Le Garrec, Centre d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d'Aquitaine (CESTA) /Département des Lasers de Puissance, Bâtiment 214, Le Barp 33114, B.P. 2, FranceTel: +33-1-45956843Fax: +33-1-45956505E-Mail: blegarrec@bordeaux.cea.fr Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringliquid crystals Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) 1.4.1.-2. - Access to Research Infrastructures Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator N/A Address See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Uer de physique fondamentale université de lille 59655 Villeneuve d'ascq See on map CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de saclay 91128 Palaiseau See on map COUNCIL FOR THE CENTRAL LABORATORY OF THE RESEARCH COUNCILS United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Chilton OX11 0QX Didcot,harwell,chilton See on map INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS - ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2,na slovance 2 18221 Praha See on map MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 10,hans-kofermann - strasse 1 85748 Garching See on map Thomson-CSF France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Domaine de corbeville 91404 Gometz la ville See on map WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Wybrzeze st. wyspianskiego 27 50 370 Wroclaw See on map
