Co-timing UV and IR laser pulses on the OMEGA EP laser system

Journal Article · Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507012· OSTI ID:1502389

Donaldson, William R. ^[1]; Consentino, Albert ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States); Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
2. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Independently managing the timing of individual beams so they all arrive at the target within 10 ps of the time specified by the principal investigator is crucial to the success of experiments on the OMEGA EP Laser System. A streak camera is used to observe the x rays emitted when the laser beams strike a gold target, while an optical streak camera is used to measure the UV pulses. Furthermore correlating the signal on the two instruments gives a timing accuracy of 10 ps for the short pulse IR beams and 20 ps for the long-pulse UV beams.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Contributing Organization: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
• Grant/Contract Number: NA0003856
• OSTI ID: 1502389
• Report Number(s): 2018-208, 1477; 2018-208, 1477, 2436
• Journal Information: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Journal Name: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 10898; ISSN 0277-786X
• Publisher: SPIE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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