High-Intensity Laser Diagnostics for OMEGA EP

Conference · Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:886706

Bromage, J; Zuegel, J D; Bahk, S -W; Vickery, D S; Waxer, L J; Irwin, D; Bagnoud, V; Boni, R; Moore, M D; Junquist, R; Stoeckl, C

OMEGA EP is a new high-energy petawatt laser system under construction at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. This paper describes our designs for two diagnostics critical to OMEGA EP’s mission. The focal-spot diagnostic (FSD) is responsible for characterizing the focal spot of OMEGA EP’s off-axis parabolic mirror at full energy. The ultrafast temporal diagnostic (UTD) is responsible for characterizing pulse shapes of full-energy target shots ranging in width from <1 to 100 ps as well as setting the desired pulse width before the shot. These diagnostics will enable, for the first time, complete spatial and temporal characterization of the focus of a high-energy petawatt laser at full energy.

• Research Organization: Laboratory for Laser Energetics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC52-92SF19460
• OSTI ID: 886706
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/19460-684; 1645; 2005-22; TRN: US0703407
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 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
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DESIGN
PETAWATT POWER RANGE