Achieving full 1.8 MJ, 500 TW laser performance on the national ignition facility

We have achieved the NIF design goals for power and energy by delivering 1.86 MJ of ultra-violet energy in a wide dynamic range (>300:1), 22.5-ns shaped ignition pulse with a peak power of 520 TW.

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Main Authors: Dixit, S. N., Di Nicola, J. M., Burkhart, S. C., Wegner, P. J., Awwal, A. A. S., Bennett, C. V., Bowers, M., Borden, M. R., Budge, T. S., Campbell, J. A., Chang, L., Christensen, K., Conder, A. D., Chou, J., Erbert, G., Feigenbaum, E., Heebner, J., Henesian, M. A., Hermann, M., Hernandez, V., Jancaitis, K., LaFortune, K., Leach, R., Lowe-Webb, R. R., MacGowan, B. J., McCandless, K., Nostrand, M. C., Orth, C., Pelz, L., Pratuch, S., Palma, J. C., Rever, M., Sacks, R., Salmon, J. T., Shaw, M., Smauley, D. A., Smith, L. K., Sommer, S., Van Wonterghem, B., Whitman, P., Wilhelmsen, K., Wong, J. N., Widmayer, C., Yang, S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Ignition
Laser beams
Laser excitation
Laser fusion
Measurement by laser beam
Power lasers
Solid lasers
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Summary:We have achieved the NIF design goals for power and energy by delivering 1.86 MJ of ultra-violet energy in a wide dynamic range (>300:1), 22.5-ns shaped ignition pulse with a peak power of 520 TW.
ISSN:2160-8989
2160-9004
DOI:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2013.ATu3M.4