OMEGA UPGRADE LASER FOR DIRECT-DRIVE TARGET EXPERIMENTS

Authors
SOURES JM MCCRORY RL BOEHLY TR CRAXTON RS JACOBS SD KELLY JH KESSLER TJ KNAUER JP KREMENS RL KUMPAN SA LETZRING SA SEKA WD SHORT RW SKELDON MD SKUPSKY S VERDON CP
Citation
Jm. Soures et al., OMEGA UPGRADE LASER FOR DIRECT-DRIVE TARGET EXPERIMENTS, Laser and particle beams, 11(2), 1993, pp. 317-321
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Laser and particle beams → ACNP
ISSN journal
02630346
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
317 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0263-0346(1993)11:2<317:OULFDT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Validation of the direct-drive approach to inertial confinement fusion requires the development of a 351-nm wavelength, 30-kJ, 50-TW laser s ystem with flexible pulse shaping and irradiation uniformity approachi ng 1 %. An upgrade of the existing OMEGA direct-drive facility at Roch ester is planned to meet these objectives. In this article, we review the design rationale and specifications of the OMEGA Upgrade laser wit h particular emphasis on techniques planned to achieve the required de gree of beam smoothing, temporal pulse shape, and beam-to-beam power b alance.