Network on Extreme Intensity Laser Systems (NEILS) Meeting 2024

The Network on Extreme Intensity Laser Systems  (NEILS) Meeting 2024 is taking place Monday 22nd to Tuesday 23rd July.

The meeting will be held at The Cosener’s House, Abingdon, followed by tours and poster session to be held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus on day 2.

An evening dinner will also take place on the Monday at The Cosener’s House.

There will be several round table discussions which will cover the following:

  • Plasma and Lasers Diagnostics versus Beamline Flexibility
  • High Power Laser Facility as Drivers for Secondary Sources ​
  • Data Management and Control Systems
  • High Rep Rate Operations
  • Low Rep Rate Operations
  • Laser Source Technologies


Registrations are now closed.  The agenda for the meeting can be found below.

​Day 1: Monday July 22nd 2024 

08:45-09:05  Welcome remarks (Cristina Hernandez-Gomez) 

Brief introductions and opening statements to welcome attendees and outline the objectives of the workshop. 

Update of the new CLF facilities. 
09:05-11:05  Facilities Quick Updates (20 min each):  

  • GSI update (Udo Eisenbarth) 
  • AWE update (Paul Treadwell) 
  • CLPU update (Mauricio Rico/Enrique Garcia) 
  • Apollon/LULI update (Loic Meignien/Melanie Chabanis) 
  • HIBEF update (Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt) 
  • CLF-Gemini/Vulcan update (Steve Hawkes) 
11:05-11:15  Morning break 
11:15-12:40  Round Table Session 1 
Plasma and Lasers Diagnostics versus Beamline Flexibility (David Carroll) 
12:40-13:40  Lunch 
13:40-15:10  Round Table Session 2 

High Power Laser Facility as Drivers for Secondary Sources (Dan Symes, Chris Armstrong) 

Round Table Side Session 

Data Management and Control Systems (Chris Gregory, Stephen Dann) 
15:10-15:30  Afternoon break 
15:30-17:00  Round Table Session 3 

High Rep Rate Operations (Steve Hawkes) 
18:00  Networking Dinner, The Cosener’s House 

 

 

 

Day 2: Tuesday July 23rd 2024 

09:00-10:30  Round Table Session 4 
Low Rep Rate Operations (Marco Galimberti) 
10:30-10:45  Morning break 

 
10:45-12:15  Round Table Session 5 

Laser Source Technologies (Tiago Pinto) 
12:15-12:30  Laser Facility Operation Network (Bernhard Zielbauer) 
12:30-13:30  Lunch 
13:30-14:00  Coach to RAL 
14:00-15:30  Visit to CLF facilities (3 groups, 25 mins at each location) 

  • Gemini 
  • Vulcan and Target Fabrication 
  • EPAC 
15:30-16:30  Poster Session and refreshments, EPAC Atrium 
16:30-17:00  Visit to EPAC Experimental areas (2 groups) 
17:00  Closure 

This event is sponsored ​by Laserlab