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High energy and average power solid-state UV laser involves several challenges to manage degradation due to UV radiations. Recent results achieved in this direction are presented.

Following the successful Run 1 experiment, the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) Run2 experiment requires the design and implementation of a compact electron source. The “high-quality Electron Accelerator driven by a Reliable Laser wakefield for Industrial uses” (EARLI) project aims to design a stand-alone high-quality electron injector based on a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) as an alternative proposal to AWAKE’s baseline design of an X-band electron gun. This project is currently in the design phase, including simulations and experimental tests. Exhaustive beam physics studies for conventional accelerators are applied to LWFA physics.

A high-power semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM)- passively modelocked TEM00 Nd:YAG oscillator, based on a diode-side- pumped single laser head, is reported. This laser provides 21.4 W of average power at a repetition-rate of 82 MHz with 18 ps pulse duration. This laser could be an essential part in future high flux monochromatic compact X-ray source systems.