Recent advances and challenges for diode-pumped solid-state lasers as an inertial fusion energy driver candidate

Author

Payne, S.A. ; Beach, R.J. ; Bibeau, C. ; Ebbers, C.A. ; Emanual, M.A. ; Honea, E.C. ; Krupke, W.F. ; Marshall, C.D. ; Orth, C.D. ; Powell, H.T. ; Schaffers, K.I. ; Skidmore, J.A. ; Sutton, S.B.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Livermore, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

583

Abstract

We discuss how solid-state laser technology can serve in the interests of fusion energy beyond the goals of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is now being constructed to ignite a deuterium-tritium target to fusion conditions in the laboratory for the first time. We think that advanced solid-state laser technology can offer the repetition-rate and efficiency needed to drive a fusion power plant, in contrast to the single-shot character of NIF. As discussed below, we propose that a gas-cooled, diode-pumped Yb:S-FAP laser can provide new paradigm for fusion laser technology leading into the next century

Keywords

fusion reactor ignition; plasma heating by laser; plasma inertial confinement; solid lasers; DT; DT target; ICF; NIF; National Ignition Facility; Yb:S-FAP laser; diode-pumped solid-state lasers; ignition; inertial confinement fusion; inertial fusion energy driver candidate; Diodes; Gas lasers; Head; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Optical arrays; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4226-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1997.687695

Filename

687695