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Title: Take a Ride Along NIF’s Optics Recycle Loop

Abstract

The National Ignition Facility uses over 40,000 optics to help guide 192 laser beams onto a target the size of a pencil eraser. Check out how the optics recycle loop repairs optics, saving time and money.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1354712
DOE Contract Number:
AC5207NA27344
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; LLNL; NIF; OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; TARGETS; OPTICS RECYCLE LOOP; WEDGED FOCUS LENS; GRATING DEBRIS SHIELDS; FODI; FINAL OPTICS DAMAGE INSPECTION

Citation Formats

Bouthillier, Lauren, Folta, Jim, Welday, Brian, Whitman, Pam, and Nostrand, Mike. Take a Ride Along NIF’s Optics Recycle Loop. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Bouthillier, Lauren, Folta, Jim, Welday, Brian, Whitman, Pam, & Nostrand, Mike. Take a Ride Along NIF’s Optics Recycle Loop. United States.
Bouthillier, Lauren, Folta, Jim, Welday, Brian, Whitman, Pam, and Nostrand, Mike. Tue . "Take a Ride Along NIF’s Optics Recycle Loop". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1354712.
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author = {Bouthillier, Lauren and Folta, Jim and Welday, Brian and Whitman, Pam and Nostrand, Mike},
abstractNote = {The National Ignition Facility uses over 40,000 optics to help guide 192 laser beams onto a target the size of a pencil eraser. Check out how the optics recycle loop repairs optics, saving time and money.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {4}
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