Pulsed power conditioning system for the Megajoule laser

Author

Mexmain, J.M. ; de Cervens, D.R. ; Marret, J.P. ; Roos, V. ; EyI, P. ; Pere, P. ; Cassany, B. ; Sierra, S. ; Mathieu, P. ; Fauvel, J. ; Benin, P. ; Callu, G. ; Vincent, C. ; Michalczyk, P.

Author_Institution

Commissariat a I´Energie Atomique, le Chatel, France

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 June 2003

Firstpage

89

Abstract

The CEA is responsible for the Megajoule Laser (LMJ) facility. This facility is a large flashlamp pump laser (1.8 MJ optical output). CEA and THALES entered into a contract for the design and manufacturing of the pulsed power conditioning system. This PPCS is based on a modular design of 540 modules (450 MJ energy capacitor bank) in order to have a more flexible and safer facility. For the first step of the LMJ program, called /spl Lt/Ligne Integration Laser/spl Gt/ (LIL), one laser chain had been built. This paper describes the evolution of module design for LMJ and the results obtained on the LIL. The overall electrical performance measured meets the requirements.

Keywords

capacitor storage; flash lamps; laser beams; pulsed power supplies; Megajoule laser; electrical performance measurement; energy capacitor bank; flashlamp pump laser; ligne integration laser; modular design; pulsed power conditioning system; Capacitors; Contracts; Electric variables measurement; Laser excitation; Manufacturing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power conditioning; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7915-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2003.1277667

Filename

1277667