Multisegment Nd:glass amplifiers for the National Ignition Facility and the French Laser Megajoule

Author

Erlandson, A.C. ; Rotter, M. ; Horvath, J. ; Frank, Daniel ; McCracken, R. ; Jancaitis, K. ; Seznec, S. ; LeTouze, G. ; Carbourdin, O. ; Fornerod, J.-C. ; Bosch, Ricard

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

325

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper, we describe the Nd:glass laser amplifier mechanical design and report the results of both modeling and experiments in support of NIP and LMJ amplifier development. Gain measurements performed on a 2/spl times/2 multisegment amplifier using 4.3-cm-bore flashlamps have demonstrated 3% storage efficiencies. Ray-trace calculations agree well with the measured gain distributions.

Keywords

flash lamps; fusion reactor ignition; gain measurement; laser theory; laser variables measurement; modelling; neodymium; optical design techniques; plasma production by laser; solid lasers; 3 percent; 4.3 cm; French Laser Megajoule; National Ignition Facility; Nd:glass laser amplifier mechanical design; flashlamps; gain measurements; measured gain distributions; modeling; multisegment Nd:glass amplifiers; ray-trace calculations; storage efficiencies; Costs; Distortion measurement; Glass; Ignition; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical distortion; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864742