Irradiation uniformity studies and fusion experiments on the OMEGA laser facility

Author

Boehly, T.R. ; Craxton, R.S. ; Jaanimagi, P.A. ; Keck, R.L. ; Kelly, J.H. ; Kessler, T.J. ; Kremens, R.L. ; Kumpan, S.A. ; Letzring, S.A. ; McCrory, R.L. ; Morse, S.F.B. ; Seka, W. ; Skupsky, S. ; Soures ; Tracy, M.D. ; Verdon, C.P.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

324

Abstract

Summary form only given. OMEGA is a 60-TW 60-beam, frequency tripled Nd:glass laser system designed to perform precision direct-drive inertial confinement-fusion (ICF) experiments. Construction and activation of the facility was completed in 1995. We report on the system configuration and its performance; then we describe the first stage of enhancements expected to improve the on-target irradiation uniformity to control of the pulse shape.

Keywords

fusion reactor ignition; laser beams; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; plasma production by laser; solid lasers; 60 W; ICF; OMEGA laser facility; direct-drive inertial confinement-fusion; frequency tripled Nd:glass laser system design; irradiation uniformity studies; laser fusion experiments; on-target irradiation uniformity; pulse shape control; system configuration; Control systems; Diodes; Frequency; Glass; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Pulse amplifiers; Shape control; Stability; Structural beams;

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

864740