Numerical study of the nanosecond and subnanosecond performance of GEKKO XII-Module

Technical Report · Wed Apr 22 23:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6774812· OSTI ID:6774812

Lehmberg, R H; McMahon, J M

A numerical study is conducted to examine the performance potential of the GEKKO XII-Module, a phosphate glass laser system currently under development at Osaka University. The study shows that with appropriate modifications, this system should produce peak powers up to 3.6 TW/beam in a 50 psec pulse, and 2 to 2.5 kJ/beam in a 1 nsec pulse. The similarity between the GEKKO XII-Module and Shiva beam line configurations suggests that a phosphate glass retrofit of Shiva could produce nanosecond pulse energies up to 50 kJ.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-77DP40042
• OSTI ID: 6774812
• Report Number(s): NRL-MR-4493
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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