Large-aperture, high-damage-threshold optics for beamlet

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/376939· OSTI ID:376939

Campbell, J. H.; Atherton, L. J.; DeYoreo, J. J. ^[1]

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Beamlet serves as a test bed for the proposed National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser design and components. Therefore, its optics are similar in size and quality to those proposed for the NIF. In general, the optics in the main laser cavity and transport section of Beamlet are larger and have higher damage thresholds than the optics manufactured for any of the previous laser systems. In addition, the quality of the Beamlet optical materials is higher, leading to better wavefront quality, higher optical transmission, and lower-intensity modulation of the output laser beam than, for example, that typically achieved on Nova. In this article, the authors discuss the properties and characteristics of the large-aperture optics used on Beamlet.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 376939
• Report Number(s): UCRL-LR--105820-95; ON: DE96013181
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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