Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography

Crane, J K

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003

Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography

Conference · Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003· OSTI ID:967276

Crane, J K

We are converting a quad of NIF beamlines into eight, short-pulse (1-50 ps), petawatt-class beams for advanced radiography and fast ignition experiments. This paper describes progress toward completing this project.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

OSTI ID:: 967276

Report Number(s):: LLNL-PROC-418775

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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