A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser

Donaldson, W. R.; Katz, J.; Huff, R.; Hill, E. M.; Kelly, J. H.; Kwaitkowski, J.; Brannon, R. B.; Boni, R.

doi:10.1063/1.4952440

Title: A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser

Abstract

Here, a timing system is demonstrated for the OMEGA Laser System that guarantees all 60 beams will arrive on target simultaneously with a root mean square variability of 4 ps. The system relies on placing a scattering sphere at the target position to couple the UV light from each beam into a single photodetector.

Authors:

Donaldson, W. R. ^[1]; Katz, J. ^[1]; Huff, R. ^[1]; Hill, E. M. ^[1]; Kelly, J. H. ^[1]; Kwaitkowski, J. ^[1]; Brannon, R. B. ^[1]; Boni, R. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1255547

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1254678

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ultraviolet light; optical amplifiers; light scattering; mirrors; inertial confinement

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                    Donaldson, W. R., Katz, J., Huff, R., Hill, E. M., Kelly, J. H., Kwaitkowski, J., Brannon, R. B., and Boni, R. A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Donaldson, W. R., Katz, J., Huff, R., Hill, E. M., Kelly, J. H., Kwaitkowski, J., Brannon, R. B., & Boni, R. A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4952440

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                    Donaldson, W. R., Katz, J., Huff, R., Hill, E. M., Kelly, J. H., Kwaitkowski, J., Brannon, R. B., and Boni, R. Fri .  
"A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4952440.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255547.

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@article{osti_1255547,

  title        = {A picosecond beam-timing system for the OMEGA laser},

  author       = {Donaldson, W. R. and Katz, J. and Huff, R. and Hill, E. M. and Kelly, J. H. and Kwaitkowski, J. and Brannon, R. B. and Boni, R.},

  abstractNote = {Here, a timing system is demonstrated for the OMEGA Laser System that guarantees all 60 beams will arrive on target simultaneously with a root mean square variability of 4 ps. The system relies on placing a scattering sphere at the target position to couple the UV light from each beam into a single photodetector.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4952440},

  journal      = {Review of Scientific Instruments},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 87,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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