OMEGA EP: High-Energy Petawatt Capability for the OMEGA Laser Facility

Conference · Wed Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Journal de Physique France

OSTI ID:885160

Kelly, J H; Waxer, L J; Bagnoud, V; Begishev, I A; Bromage, J; Kruschwitz, B E; Kessler, T J; Loucks, S J; Maywar, D N; McCrory, R L; Meyerhofer, D D; Morse, S F.B.; Oliver, J B; Rigatti, A L; Schmid, A W; Stoeckl, C; Dalton, S; Folnsbee, L; Guardalben, M J; Jungquist, R ; Puth, J; Shoup, III, M J; Weiner, D; Zuegel, J D

OMEGA EP (Extended Performance) is a petawatt-class addition to the existing 30-kJ, 60-beam OMEGA Laser Facility at the University of Rochester. When completed, it will consist of four beamlines, each capable of producing up to 6.5 kJ at 351 nm in a 1 to 10 ns pulse. Two of the beamlines will produce up to 2.6 kJ in a pulse-width range of 1 to 100 ps at 1053 nm using chirped-pulse amplification (CPA). This paper reviews both the OMEGA EP performance objectives and the enabling technologies required to meet these goals.

• Research Organization: Laboratory for Laser Energetics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC52-92SF19460
• OSTI ID: 885160
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/19460-679; 1640; 2005-27; TRN: US0703404
• Journal Information: Journal de Physique France, Vol. 133; Conference: IFSA 2005, Biarritz, France, 4-9 September 2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
OMEGA FACILITY
LASERS
PERFORMANCE
DESIGN