Nova: the laser fusion breakeven experiment
Conference
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OSTI ID:6836402
A new laboratory building is being constructed adjacent to the Shiva laser to house the Phase I $137M ten-beam Nova laser and a target chamber designed for twenty beams. The first ten beams will be operational in early 1980. Following Phase I, it is planned that the Shiva laser will be shut down and upgraded into ten Nova laser beams. These beams will then be combined with Nova Phase I beams to provide the full twenty beams having a minimum output energy of 300 kJ in a 3 nc pulse, or a power capability of 300 terawatts (10/sup 12/ watts) in a 100 ps pulse. This paper will describe the Phase I engineering project.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6836402
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-83478; CONF-791047-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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