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Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: OMEGA is a 60-terawatt, 60-beam, frequency-tripled Nd:glass laser system designed to perform precision direct-drive inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) experiments. The upgrade to the system, completed in April 1995, met or surpassed all technical requirements. The acceptance tests demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the system: high driver stability (< 2% variations), precise control of the beam profiles and amplifier gains, 75% frequency-conversion efficiency, beam energy balance less than 8% and stable on-target irradiation of up to 37 kJ UV. We present these results and show that the system performance is well modeled by our propagation and frequency-conversion codes.

Source: Optics Communications

DOI: 10.1016/s0030-4018(96)00325-2

Authors: T.R Boehly, D.L Brown, R.S Craxton, R.L Keck, J.P Knauer, J.H Kelly, T.J Kessler, S.A Kumpan, S.J Loucks, S.A Letzring, F.J Marshall, R.L McCrory, S.F.B Morse, W Seka, J.M Soures, C.P Verdon

Institutions: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

Language: English

Topic: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,600

OpenAlex ID: W2006136405

FWCI: 8.292

Cites: 7

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