ATHENA@KIT

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Project lead

  • in the Helmholtz Association at KIT: A.-S. Müller (PI), E. Bründermann (Deputy PI).
  • at KIT: E. Bründermann (KIT IBPT), C. Widmann (Deputy, KIT IBPT), L. Mucks (KIT PPQ), T. Müller (KIT PPQ), C. Weiss (KIT PPQ). KIT IBPT support: A. Gies, R. Kubat, J. Schmid, S. Funkner, J. Gethmann, J. L. Steinmann.

Timeline, delivery of major components, and achievement of key milestones

  • Laser plasma accelerator group established at KIT IBPT
    • 2023/09: Arrival of Prof. M. Fuchs, a laser plasma acceleration expert, and 4 PhD students from the USA
  • Terawatt laser system
    • 2022/12: Start of the site acceptance test (SAT) procedures at KIT IBPT.
    • 2022/05: Terawatt laser delivered to KIT IBPT and set-up of system started.
      Set-up of TW laser system at KIT IBPT
    • 2022/04: Factory acceptance test (FAT) performed at Amplitude Technology, Lisses, France.
      Selected values reached during FAT:  > 1.6 J, > 16 W, < 23 fs, > 70 TW, (800 +/- 50) nm, 10 Hz.
    • 2022/02: Technical design report (TDR) finalized.
    • 2020/12: Ordering of system. Selected values to be reached: > 1.5 J, > 15 W, < 25 fs, > 60 TW, (800 +/- 10) nm, 10 Hz.
    • 2020/02: COVID pandemic in Germany starts, supply chain disruptions.
    • 2020/02: Quality check of manufacturing infrastructure of commercial suppliers.
  • Clean room installation at KIT IBPT in Bldg. 351 in the test facility FLUTE
    • Features
      • ISO 8; Technical room for power supplies.
      • ISO 7: Change room for personnel (airlock).
      • ISO 6: Clean room for terawatt laser.
      • ISO 5: Laminar flow at the laser tables.
    • 2022/03: Clean room completed and in operation.
    • 2022/02: Photo of clean room at KIT.
    • Clean room at KIT IBPT
    • 2021/10: Renovated space for the new clean room after moving the workshop.
    • Renovated space for the new clean room
    • 2021/07: Ordering of clean room.
    • 2021/02: KIT Executive Board (Präsidium) decides to expand the building 348 to move the workshop from building 351 to free the space for the new clean room.
    • 2020/05: Room book draft for the clean room developed by KIT IBPT and send to KIT PB.
    • 2020/02: COVID pandemic in Germany starts, supply chain disruptions.
  • Terahertz imaging system for medical imaging
    • 2022/12: New project started on interdisciplinary mathematical research in the KIT Center MathSEE - Link.
    • 2020: Terahertz (THz) imaging and tomography with test object:
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    • 2019/12: System delivered and installed.
    • 2019/07: Ordering of system as part the KIT work package TMed.
  • Fiber-based front-end laser system (> 1 mJ, 6 W, < 190 fs, (1028 +/- 5) nm, 1 kHz to 1 MHz)
    • 2019/12: Delivery and installation of system at University Hamburg (UHH).
    • 2019/09: Ordering of system.
    • 2019/05: Agreement with University Hamburg on development of fiber-based front-end for terawatt laser system.
  • Proposal, preparation and funding notice
    • 2019/01: KIT (EVM, PPQ, IBPT) and University Hamburg (UHH) negotiations on joint development of terawatt laser system.
    • 2018/12: Building task for KIT FM (facility management) launched to install new clean room for terawatt laser system.
    • 2018/11: End of November, PSP elements set-up completed in SAP system at KIT.
    • 2018/10: End of October, release of funds by BMBF for 4-year (48 months) project.
    • 2018/08: Project management preparation of KIT IBPT with KIT EVM and KIT PPQ.
    • 2018/09: KIT and University Hamburg (UHH) negotiations started.
    • 2018/03: Procurements preparation of KIT IBPT and KIT EVM.
    • 2017/10: Funding discussed at management level.
    • 2017/06: Second submission of modified proposal.
    • 2015/06: First submission of proposal „Accelerator Technology HElmholtz iNfrAstructure“ (ATHENA).
    • 2015/02: Athena review (closed session) at Matter and Technologies Kickoff Meeting - Link.
    • 2014/08: Conception of the Helmholtz Distributed ARD Test Facility.