DocumentCode
688636
Title
Achieving full 1.8 MJ, 500 TW laser performance on the national ignition facility
Author
Dixit, S.N. ; Di Nicola, J.M. ; Burkhart, S.C. ; Wegner, P.J. ; Awwal, A.A.S. ; Bennett, Corey V. ; Bowers, M. ; Borden, M.R. ; Budge, T.S. ; Campbell, J.A. ; Chang, Ly-Yu ; Christensen, Ken ; Conder, A.D. ; Chou, Jyh-Horng ; Erbert, Gotz ; Feigenbaum, E.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
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.
Keywords
fusion reactor design; laser fusion; optical pulse shaping; NIF design; National Ignition Facility; ignition pulse shaping; laser performance; power 500 TW; power 520 TW; time 22.5 s; ultraviolet energy; Ignition; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833011
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