NIF Commissioning and Initial Performance Results

Conference · Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:15007234

Van Wonterghem, B M; Burkhart, S C; Haynam, C A; Manes, K R; Marshall, C D; Murray, J E; Spaeth, M L; Speck, D R; Sutton, S B; Wegner, P J

The National Ignition Facility at LLNL recently commissioned the first set of four beam lines into the target chamber. This effort, also called NIF Early Light, demonstrated the entire laser system architecture from master oscillator through target and initial X-ray diagnostics. This paper describes the detailed commissioning and installation steps for one of NIF's 48 beam quads. Using a dedicated single beam line Precision Diagnostic System, performance was explored over the entire power versus energy space from 6.4 TW/beam for sub-nanosecond pulses to 25 kJ/beam for 23 ns pulses at 1 {omega}. NEL also demonstrated record single beam line frequency converted Nd:Glass laser energies of 11.3 kJ at 2 {omega} and 10.4 kJ at 3{omega}.

• 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: 15007234
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-155818; TRN: US0401485
• Resource Relation: Conference: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Photonics West - LASE 2004 Conference, San Jose, CA (US), 01/24/2004--01/29/2004; Other Information: PBD: 19 Dec 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCURACY
ARCHITECTURE
COMMISSIONING
ENGINEERS
LASERS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
OSCILLATORS
PERFORMANCE
TARGET CHAMBERS
TARGETS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY