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Gain measurements on a prototype NIF/LMJ amplifier pump cavity

Conference ·
OSTI ID:462885
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
  2. CEA Centre d`Etudes de Limeil, 94 - Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (France)

We are currently developing large-aperture amplifiers for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and Laser Megajoules (LMJ) lasers. These multisegment amplifiers are of the flashlamp-pumped, Nd:Glass qW and are designed to propagate a nominally 36 cm square beam. The apertures within a particular amplifier bundle are arranged in a four- high by two-wide configuration and utilize two side lamp arrays and a central flashlamp array for pumping. The configuration is very similar to that used in the Beamlet laser, a single-beam prototype for the NIF/LMJ lasers, which has four apertures arranged in a two- high by two-wide configuration.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
462885
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC--124518; CONF-9610225--17; ON: DE97051939
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English