Title :
Cesar, a pulsed power generator, used to study the dynamic behavior of KDP crystal
Author :
Voisin, Luc ; Bicrel, Béatrice ; Desanlis, Thierry ; Duchateau, Guillaume ; Galtié, Alain ; Hallo, Ludovic ; Hébert, David ; Maunier, Cédric
Author_Institution :
CESTA, Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique, Le Barp, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. High power lasers such as NIF in the USA or LMJ in France are being developed for inertial confinement fusion applications. However, the performance of the optics is limited by laser-induced damage (LID), which occurs, for instance, in the potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4 or KDP) crystals utilized for frequency conversion.
Keywords :
electric generators; frequency convertors; potassium compounds; pulsed power technology; CESAR; France; KDP; KDP crystal dynamic behavior; LID; current 300 kA; electron volt energy 600 keV; frequency conversion; high power lasers; inertial confinement fusion applications; laser-induced damage; optics performance; pulsed electron generator; pulsed power generator; quasiplane stress wave; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Crystals; Generators; Laser fusion; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383607
