Electra: a repetitively pulsed KrF laser system

Author

Hegeler, F. ; Myers, M.C. ; Wolford, M.F. ; Friedman, M. ; Giuliani, J. ; Sethian, J.D. ; Weidenheimer, D. ; Morton, D. ; Schlitt, L.

Author_Institution

Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 June 2003

Firstpage

97

Abstract

Electra is a repetitively pulsed, electron beam pumped krypton fluoride (KrF) laser at the Naval Research Laboratory. It is used to develop the technologies required for a large, durable and repetitive laser driver for Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). This paper gives an overview of the Electra program, and then concentrates on the most recent research advances in electron beam propagation in the diode and deposition in the laser gas, repetitive laser energy extraction in an oscillator mode, the laser gas recirculator, and KrF kinetics.

Keywords

electron beam pumping; gas lasers; krypton compounds; laser fusion; pulsed laser deposition; pulsed power supplies; KrF; KrF kinetics; Naval Research Laboratory; electron beam propagation; electron beam pumped krypton fluoride laser; inertial fusion energy; laser energy extraction; laser gas deposition; laser gas recirculator; oscillator mode; pulsed electra; Electron beams; Gas lasers; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulsed laser deposition; 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.2003.1277669

Filename

1277669