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| Title | The National Ignition Facility |
| Creator/Author | Miller, G H ; Moses, E I ; Wuest, C R |
| Publication Date | 2004 Feb 06 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 15007245 |
| Report Number(s) | UCRL-CONF-154977 |
| DOE Contract Number | W-7405-ENG-48 |
| Other Number(s) | TRN: US200414%%481 |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Resource Relation | Conference: The International Society for Optical Engineering, Laser and Applications in Science and Engineering, San Jose, CA (US), 01/25/2004--01/29/2004; Other Information: PBD: 6 Feb 2004 |
| Research Org | Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (US) |
| Sponsoring Org | US Department of Energy (US) |
| Subject | 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; COMMISSIONING; HARMONICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; PERFORMANCE; PLANETS; STARS; TARGET CHAMBERS; TARGETS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY |
| Description/Abstract | The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a stadium-sized facility containing a 192-beam, 1.8-Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system together with a 10-meter-diameter target chamber and room for 100 diagnostics. NIF is the world's largest and most energetic laser experimental system, providing a scientific center to study inertial confinement fusion and matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. NIF's energetic laser beams will compress fusion targets to conditions required for thermonuclear burn, liberating more energy than required to initiate the fusion reactions. Other NIF experiments will study physical processes at temperatures approaching 10{sup 8} K and 10{sup 11} bar; conditions that exist naturally only in the interior of stars and planets. NIF has completed the first phases of its laser commissioning program. The first four beams of NIF have generated 106 kilojoules in 23-ns pulses of infrared light and over 16 kJ in 3.5-ns pulses at the third harmonic (351 nm). NIF's target experimental systems are being commissioned and experiments have begun. This paper provides a detailed look the NIF laser systems, laser and optical performance, and results from recent laser commissioning shots. We follow this with a discussion of NIF's high-energy-density and inertial fusion experimental capabilities, the first experiments on NIF, and plans for future capabilities of this unique facility. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: ED; Size: PDF-FILE: 22 ; SIZE: 34.1 MBYTES pages |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 12 |
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