Title :
Solid-state 263-nm laser for triggering high-voltage switches at Sandia´s Z-Accelerator
Author :
Erlandson, A. ; Ebbers, C. ; Bartolick, J. ; Massey, W. ; Behrendt, W. ; Drobshoff, A. ; Narduzzi, J. ; Caird, J. ; Payne, S.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fDate :
July 30 2001-Aug. 1 2001
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We designed, built, and tested a Nd/sup 3+/ laser that produced near diffraction-limited, 2.4-J pulses at the harmonically-converted wavelength of 263 nm. This laser is slated to be reactivated at Sandia´s Z-Accelerator NM to improve triggering of the Z-Accelerator´s thirty-six SF/sub 6/-filled, high-voltage switches. The switches deliver currents of several MA to electric discharges, called Z-pinches, which generate intense X-rays used to to perform high-energy-density experiments.
Keywords :
X-ray production; Z pinch; high-voltage techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; solid lasers; 263 nm; Nd/sup 3+/ laser; Z-Accelerator; Z-pinches; harmonically-converted wavelength; high-voltage switches triggering; injection seeded regenerative amplifier; intense X-rays generation; near diffraction-limited pulses; phase conjugator; rod amplifier; solid-state laser; Amplitude modulation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Switches; X-ray diffraction; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications/Ultraviolet and Blue Lasers and Their Applications/Ultralong Haul DWDM Transmission and Networking/WDM Components, 2001. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topica
Conference_Location :
Copper Mountain, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7100-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2001.941917
