Next-generation laser for inertial confinement fusion
We are developing and building the ''Mercury'' laser system as the first in a series of a new generation of diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL) for advanced high energy density (HED) physics experiments at LLNL. Mercury will be the first integrated demonstration of a scalable laser architecture compatible with advanced Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) goals. Primary performance goals include 10% efficiencies at 10 Hz and a <10 ns pulse with l {omega} energies of 100 J and with 2 {omega}/3 {omega} frequency conversion. Achieving this performance will provide a near term capability for HED experiments and prove the potential of DPSSLs for inertial fusion energy (IFE).
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15002504
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-128084-REV-2; TRN: US0401907
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13th Topical Meeting on Advanced Solid-State Lasers, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US), 02/02/1998--02/04/1998; Other Information: PBD: 13 Mar 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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