The Project ABCD, a diode pumped glass laser for Research on inertial fusion energy at the Associazione Euratom-ENEA sulla Fusione in Frascati

Author

Caruso, A. ; Strangio, C.

Author_Institution

Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, CR ENEA Frascati, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

7

Abstract

The Laboratory for ICF Physics and Technology of the CR ENEA in Frascati is currently performed activity for the development for potential drivers for Inertial Fusion Energy. The system being considered for a possible future development is a diode-pumped neodymium glass laser (HAP-4) dimensioned to deliver 100÷400 J in pulses of 1÷5 ns at a rate of 1÷10 Hz. The name of this system is ABCD, after ABC, the name the two beam, flash lamp pumped laser currently used for experiments on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) in Frascati. The main ABCD amplifier architecture is based on a 5-pass cavity that includes a system of 7 sub-amplifiers formed by assembling two modules.

Keywords

flash lamps; inertial systems; laser fusion; neodymium; optical pumping; plasma inertial confinement; solid lasers; assembling two module; diode pumped glass laser; diode-pumped neodymium glass laser; flash lamp pumped laser; inertial fusion energy; potential driver; sub-amplifier; Chromium; Diodes; Glass; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312069

Filename

1312069