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Title: Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM): A Tool to Automate the Setup and Diagnosis of the National Ignition Facility

Abstract

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under construction at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a stadium-sized facility containing a 192-beam, 1.8 MJ, 500-TW, 351-nm laser system together with a 10-m diameter target chamber with room for nearly 100 experimental diagnostics. When completed, NIF will be the world's largest laser experimental system, providing a national center to study inertial confinement fusion and the physics of matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. The first four beamlines (a quad) have recently been commissioned, and operations on the first bundle (units of eight beamlines) will begin in Summer 2005. A computational system, the Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM) has been developed and deployed to automate the laser setup process, and accurately predict laser energetics. For each shot on NIF, the LPOM determines the characteristics of the injection laser system required to achieve the desired main laser output, provides parameter checking for equipment protection, determines the required diagnostic setup, and supplies post-shot data analysis and reporting.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
878618
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CONF-214175
Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X; TRN: US0602424
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 5867; Conference: Presented at: SPIE Optics & Photonics Conference, 2005, San Diego, CA, United States, Jul 31 - Aug 04, 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 42 ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICS; TARGET CHAMBERS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY

Citation Formats

Shaw, M, House, R, Haynam, C, and Williams, W. Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM): A Tool to Automate the Setup and Diagnosis of the National Ignition Facility. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1117/12.617112.
Shaw, M, House, R, Haynam, C, & Williams, W. Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM): A Tool to Automate the Setup and Diagnosis of the National Ignition Facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617112
Shaw, M, House, R, Haynam, C, and Williams, W. 2005. "Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM): A Tool to Automate the Setup and Diagnosis of the National Ignition Facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617112. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/878618.
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title = {Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM): A Tool to Automate the Setup and Diagnosis of the National Ignition Facility},
author = {Shaw, M and House, R and Haynam, C and Williams, W},
abstractNote = {The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under construction at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a stadium-sized facility containing a 192-beam, 1.8 MJ, 500-TW, 351-nm laser system together with a 10-m diameter target chamber with room for nearly 100 experimental diagnostics. When completed, NIF will be the world's largest laser experimental system, providing a national center to study inertial confinement fusion and the physics of matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. The first four beamlines (a quad) have recently been commissioned, and operations on the first bundle (units of eight beamlines) will begin in Summer 2005. A computational system, the Laser Performance Operations Model (LPOM) has been developed and deployed to automate the laser setup process, and accurately predict laser energetics. For each shot on NIF, the LPOM determines the characteristics of the injection laser system required to achieve the desired main laser output, provides parameter checking for equipment protection, determines the required diagnostic setup, and supplies post-shot data analysis and reporting.},
doi = {10.1117/12.617112},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/878618}, journal = {},
issn = {0277-786X},
number = ,
volume = 5867,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}

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