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Title: Spatio-temporal focal spot characterization and modeling of the NIF ARC kilojoule picosecond laser

Abstract

The advanced radiographic capability (ARC) laser system, part of theNational Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a short-pulse laser capability integrated into the NIF. The ARC is designed to provide adjustable pulse lengths of ~1–38 ps in four independent beamlets, each with energies up to 1 kJ (depending on pulse duration). A detailed model of the ARC lasers has been developed that predicts the time- and space-resolved focal spots on target for each shot. Measurements made to characterize static and dynamic wavefront characteristics of the ARC are important inputs to the code. Modeling has been validated with measurements of the time-integrated focal spot at the target chamber center (TCC) at low power, and the space-integrated pulse duration at high power, using currently available diagnostics. In this work, these simulations indicate that each of the four ARC beamlets achieves a peak intensity on target of up to a few 1018 W=cm2.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), Aachen (Germany)
  4. Goleta, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1781395
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1769545; OSTI ID: 1874102
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-771295
Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X; TRN: US2209911
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Optics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X
Publisher:
Optical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Williams, Wade H., Crane, John K., Alessi, David A., Boley, Charles D., Bowers, Mark W., Conder, Alan D., Di Nicola, Jean-Michel G., Di Nicola, Pascale, Haefner, Constantin, Halpin, John M., Hamamoto, Mathew Y., Heebner, John E., Hermann, Mark R., Herriot, Sandrine I., Homoelle, Doug C., Kalantar, Daniel H., Lanier, Thomas E., LaFortune, Kai N., Lawson, Janice K., Lowe-Webb, Roger R., Morrissey, Francis X., Nguyen, Hoang, Orth, Charles D., Pelz, Lawrence J., Prantil, Matthew A., Rushford, Michael C., Sacks, Richard A., Salmon, J. Thaddeus, Seppala, Lynn G., Shaw, Michael J., Sigurdsson, Ronald J., Wegner, Paul J., Widmayer, C. C., Yang, Steven T., and Zobrist, Thomas L. Spatio-temporal focal spot characterization and modeling of the NIF ARC kilojoule picosecond laser. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1364/ao.416846.
Williams, Wade H., Crane, John K., Alessi, David A., Boley, Charles D., Bowers, Mark W., Conder, Alan D., Di Nicola, Jean-Michel G., Di Nicola, Pascale, Haefner, Constantin, Halpin, John M., Hamamoto, Mathew Y., Heebner, John E., Hermann, Mark R., Herriot, Sandrine I., Homoelle, Doug C., Kalantar, Daniel H., Lanier, Thomas E., LaFortune, Kai N., Lawson, Janice K., Lowe-Webb, Roger R., Morrissey, Francis X., Nguyen, Hoang, Orth, Charles D., Pelz, Lawrence J., Prantil, Matthew A., Rushford, Michael C., Sacks, Richard A., Salmon, J. Thaddeus, Seppala, Lynn G., Shaw, Michael J., Sigurdsson, Ronald J., Wegner, Paul J., Widmayer, C. C., Yang, Steven T., & Zobrist, Thomas L. Spatio-temporal focal spot characterization and modeling of the NIF ARC kilojoule picosecond laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.416846
Williams, Wade H., Crane, John K., Alessi, David A., Boley, Charles D., Bowers, Mark W., Conder, Alan D., Di Nicola, Jean-Michel G., Di Nicola, Pascale, Haefner, Constantin, Halpin, John M., Hamamoto, Mathew Y., Heebner, John E., Hermann, Mark R., Herriot, Sandrine I., Homoelle, Doug C., Kalantar, Daniel H., Lanier, Thomas E., LaFortune, Kai N., Lawson, Janice K., Lowe-Webb, Roger R., Morrissey, Francis X., Nguyen, Hoang, Orth, Charles D., Pelz, Lawrence J., Prantil, Matthew A., Rushford, Michael C., Sacks, Richard A., Salmon, J. Thaddeus, Seppala, Lynn G., Shaw, Michael J., Sigurdsson, Ronald J., Wegner, Paul J., Widmayer, C. C., Yang, Steven T., and Zobrist, Thomas L. Mon . "Spatio-temporal focal spot characterization and modeling of the NIF ARC kilojoule picosecond laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.416846. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1781395.
@article{osti_1781395,
title = {Spatio-temporal focal spot characterization and modeling of the NIF ARC kilojoule picosecond laser},
author = {Williams, Wade H. and Crane, John K. and Alessi, David A. and Boley, Charles D. and Bowers, Mark W. and Conder, Alan D. and Di Nicola, Jean-Michel G. and Di Nicola, Pascale and Haefner, Constantin and Halpin, John M. and Hamamoto, Mathew Y. and Heebner, John E. and Hermann, Mark R. and Herriot, Sandrine I. and Homoelle, Doug C. and Kalantar, Daniel H. and Lanier, Thomas E. and LaFortune, Kai N. and Lawson, Janice K. and Lowe-Webb, Roger R. and Morrissey, Francis X. and Nguyen, Hoang and Orth, Charles D. and Pelz, Lawrence J. and Prantil, Matthew A. and Rushford, Michael C. and Sacks, Richard A. and Salmon, J. Thaddeus and Seppala, Lynn G. and Shaw, Michael J. and Sigurdsson, Ronald J. and Wegner, Paul J. and Widmayer, C. C. and Yang, Steven T. and Zobrist, Thomas L.},
abstractNote = {The advanced radiographic capability (ARC) laser system, part of theNational Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a short-pulse laser capability integrated into the NIF. The ARC is designed to provide adjustable pulse lengths of ~1–38 ps in four independent beamlets, each with energies up to 1 kJ (depending on pulse duration). A detailed model of the ARC lasers has been developed that predicts the time- and space-resolved focal spots on target for each shot. Measurements made to characterize static and dynamic wavefront characteristics of the ARC are important inputs to the code. Modeling has been validated with measurements of the time-integrated focal spot at the target chamber center (TCC) at low power, and the space-integrated pulse duration at high power, using currently available diagnostics. In this work, these simulations indicate that each of the four ARC beamlets achieves a peak intensity on target of up to a few 1018 W=cm2.},
doi = {10.1364/ao.416846},
journal = {Applied Optics},
number = 8,
volume = 60,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Mon Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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