OMEGA EP High-Energy Petawatt Laser: Progress and Prospects

Other · Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:934921

Maywar, D N; Kelly, J H; Waxer, L J; Morse, S F.B.; Begishev, I A; Bromage, J; Dorrer, C; Edwards, J L; Folnsbee, L; Guardalben, M J; Jacobs, S J; Jnugquist, R; Kessler, T J; Kidder, R W; Kruschwitz, B E; Loucks, S J; Marciante, J R; McCrory, R L; Meyerhofer, D D; Okishev, A V ; Oliver, J B; Pien, G; Qiao, J; Puth, J; Rigatti, A L; Schmid, A W; Shoup, III, M J; Stoeckl, C; Thorp, K A; 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. It will enable high energy picosecond backlighting of high-energy-density experiments and inertial confinement fusion implosions, the investigation of advanced-ignition experiments such as fast ignition, and the exploration of high-energy-density phenomena. The OMEGA EP short-pulse beams have the flexibility to be directed to either the existing OMEGA target chamber, or the new, auxiliary OMEGA EP target chamber for independent experiments. This paper will detail progress made towards activation, which is on schedule for completion in April 2008.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC52-08NA28302
• OSTI ID: 934921
• Report Number(s): DOE/NA/28302-842; 2007-43; 1814
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English