DocumentCode :
2758434
Title :
The National Ignition Facility: The World´s Largest Laser
Author :
Moses, E.I. ; Bibeau, C. ; Bonanno, R.E. ; Haynam, C.A. ; MacGowan, B.J. ; Kauffman, R.L. ; Patterson, R.W., Jr. ; Van Wonterghem, B.M.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA
fYear :
2005
fDate :
Sept. 2005
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a 192-beam laser facility presently under construction at LLNL. When completed, NIF will be a 1.8-MJ, 500-TW ultraviolet laser system. Its missions are to obtain fusion ignition and to perform high energy density experiments in support of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Four of the NIF beams have been commissioned to demonstrate laser performance including target and beam alignment. During this time, NIF demonstrated on a single-beam basis that it will meet its performance goals and demonstrated its precision and flexibility for pulse shaping, pointing, timing and beam conditioning. It also performed four important experiments for inertial confinement fusion and high energy density science. Presently, the project is installing production hardware to complete the project in 2009 with the goal to begin ignition experiments in 2010. An integrated plan has been developed including the NIF operations, user equipment such as diagnostics and cryogenic target capability, and experiments and calculations to meet this goal
Keywords :
cryogenics; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactor targets; laser fusion; plasma diagnostics; pulse shaping; 192-beam laser facility; LLNL; NIF operations; National Ignition Facility; U.S. nuclear weapons; beam alignment; cryogenic target capability; diagnostic system; fusion ignition; high energy density experiments; inertial confinement fusion; laser beam conditioning; production hardware installment; pulse shaping; target alignment; ultraviolet laser system; Hardware; Ignition; Inertial confinement; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Nuclear weapons; Production; Pulse shaping methods; Structural beams; Timing; fusion; ignition; laser;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering 2005, Twenty-First IEEE/NPS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-4244-0150-X
Electronic_ISBN :
0-4244-0150-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2005.252847
Filename :
4018881
Link To Document :
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