A plasma amplifier to combine multiple beams at NIF

Kirkwood, R. K.; Turnbull, D. P.; Chapman, T.; Wilks, S. C.; Rosen, M. D.; London, R. A.; Pickworth, L. A.; Colaitis, A.; Dunlop, W. H.; Poole, P.; Moody, J. D.; Strozzi, D. J.; Michel, P. A.; Divol, L.; Landen, O. L.; MacGowan, B. J.; Van Wonterghem, B. M.; Fournier, K. B.; Blue, B. E.

doi:10.1063/1.5016310

Title: A plasma amplifier to combine multiple beams at NIF

Journal Article · Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016310· OSTI ID:1458628

Kirkwood, R. K. ^[1];

^[2]; Chapman, T. ^[1]; Wilks, S. C. ^[1]; Rosen, M. D. ^[1]; London, R. A. ^[1];

^[1]; Colaitis, A. ^[1]; Dunlop, W. H. ^[1]; Poole, P. ^[1]; Moody, J. D. ^[1];

^[1]; Michel, P. A. ^[1]; Divol, L. ^[1];

^[1]; MacGowan, B. J. ^[1]; Van Wonterghem, B. M. ^[1];

^[1]; Blue, B. E. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Combining laser beams in a plasma is enabled by seeded stimulated Brillouin scattering which allows cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) to occur and re-distributes the energy between beams that cross with different incident angles and small differences in wavelength [Kirkwood et al. Phys. Plasmas 4, 1800 (1997)]. Indirect-drive implosions at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) [Haynam et al. Appl. Opt. 46, 3276–3303 (2007)] have controlled drive symmetry by using plasma amplifiers to transfer energy between beams [Kirkwood et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 55, 103001 (2013); Lindl et al., Phys. Plasmas 21, 020501 (2014); and Hurricane et al. Nature 506, 343–348 (2014)]. Here, we show that the existing models are well enough validated by experiments to allow a design of a plasma beam combiner that, once optimized, is expected to produce a pulse of light in a single beam with the energy greatly enhanced over existing sources. The scheme combines up to 61 NIF beams with 120 kJ of available energy into a single f/20 beam with a 1 ns pulse duration and a 351 nm wavelength by both resonant and off-resonance CBET. Initial experiments are also described that have already succeeded in producing a 4 kJ, 1 ns pulse in a single beam by combination of up to eight incident pump beams containing <1.1 kJ/beam, which are maintained near resonance for CBET in a plasma that is formed by 60 pre-heating beams [Kirkwood et al., Nat. Phys. 14, 80 (2018)].

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1458628

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1425537

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-741662; 895784; TRN: US1901486

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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