Title :
High power Nd:glass laser for fast ignition research
Author :
Fujita, H. ; Yoshida, H. ; Matsuo, S. ; Kawasaki, T. ; Kanabe, T. ; Kodama, R. ; Kitagawa, Y. ; Tanaka, K.A. ; Nakatsuka, M. ; Mima, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
We have developed a 100 TW chirped pulse amplification (CPA) Nd:glass laser to investigate the fast ignitor concept as a new approach toward high gain inertial confinement fusion. The 100 TW, 50 J, 0.5 ps beam was focused on a high density compressed plasma produced by the GEKKO-XII (12 beam, 20 kJ) laser.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser fusion; neodymium; optical modulation; solid lasers; 0.5 ps; 100 TW; 20 kJ; 50 J; GEKKO-XII laser; Nd:glass laser; TW chirped pulse amplification; fast ignition research; fast ignitor concept; high density compressed plasma; high gain inertial confinement fusion; high power Nd:glass laser; laser fusion; Chirp; Ignition; Inertial confinement; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasma confinement; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811423
