Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) 2008 annual Report (Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008)
The research program at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) focuses on inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research supporting the goal of achieving ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF). This program includes the full use of the OMEGA EP Laser System. Within the National Ignition Campaign (NIC), LLE is the lead laboratory for the validation of the performance of cryogenic target implosions, essential to all forms of ICF ignition. LLE has taken responsibility for a number of critical elements within the Integrated Experimental Teams (IET’s) supporting the demonstration of indirect-drive ignition on the NIF and is the lead laboratory for the validation of the polardrive approach to ignition on the NIF. LLE is also developing, testing, and building a number of diagnostics to be deployed on the NIF for the NIC.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Contributing Organization:
- Office of Inertial Confinement Fusion
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC52-08NA28302
- OSTI ID:
- 1178348
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NA/28302-869
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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