The Electra KRF laser

Author

Hegeler, F. ; Myers, M.C. ; Friedman, M. ; Giuliani, J.L. ; Sethian, J.D. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Wolford, M.F.

Author_Institution

Commonwealth Technol. Inc., Alexandria, VA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

30 June-3 July 2002

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

125

Abstract

Electra is a repetitively pulsed, electron beam pumped krypton fluoride (KrF) laser that will develop the technologies that can meet the inertial fusion energy (IFE) requirements for durability, efficiency, and cost. The components that need to be developed are: a durable and efficient pulsed power system; a durable electron emitter; a long life, transparent pressure foil structure (hibachi); a laser gas recirculator; and long life optical windows. The technologies developed on Electra will be directly scalable to a full size fusion power plant beam line. This paper gives an overview of the Electra program, and then concentrates on the most recent research results of electron beam deposition through the hibachi into the laser cell.

Keywords

electron beam pumping; excimer lasers; fusion reactor design; laser accessories; pulsed power supplies; Electra; KrF; durability; durable electron emitter; efficiency; electron beam deposition; electron beam pumped krypton fluoride laser; full size fusion power plant beam line; hibachi; inertial fusion energy; laser gas recirculator; long life optical windows; pulsed power system; repetitively pulsed KrF laser; transparent pressure foil structure; Costs; Electron beams; Electron guns; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Optical pulses; Pulse power systems; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7540-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189431

Filename

1189431