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5 March 2021 The National Ignition Facility laser performance status
Jean-Michel G. Di Nicola, Steven T. Yang, Tiziana C. Bond, Mark W. Bowers, Leyen S. Chang, Simon J. Cohen, Michael A. Erickson, Catalin V. Filip, Jim A. Folta, Abe D. Handler, Tom E. Lanier, Ken R. Manes, Brian L. Olejniczak, Shahida I. Rana, Mike J. Shaw, Stanley Sommer, Mary L. Spaeth, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Pam K. Whitman, Clay Widmayer, J. Nan Wong, Paul J. Wegner, Dan Kalantar, David Alessi, Saroja Ammula, Brandon Buckley, Alica Calonico Soto, Wren Carr, Jason Chou, Alex Deland, Peter DeVore, Gaylen Erbert, Nathan Gottesman, Apurva Gowda, John Heebner, Charles Orth, Vincent Hernandez, Sandrine Herriot, Ron House, Chris Kinsella, Brian MacGowan, Kathleen Mccandless, Ryan Muir, Mario Ordonez, Ernesto Padilla, Alan Pao, Larry Pelz, Brett Raymond, Tayyab Suratwala, Alex Wargo, Lei Wang, Doug Larson
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Abstract
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory contains a 192-beam 4.2 MJ neodymium glass laser (around 1053 nm or 1w) that is frequency converted to 351nm light or 3w. It has been designed to support the study of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density Physics (HEDP). The NIF Precision Diagnostic System (PDS) was reactivated and new diagnostic packages were designed and fielded that offer a more comprehensive suite of high-resolution measurements. The current NIF laser performance will be presented as well as the preliminary results obtained with the various laser experimental campaigns using the new diagnostic tool suites.
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Jean-Michel G. Di Nicola, Steven T. Yang, Tiziana C. Bond, Mark W. Bowers, Leyen S. Chang, Simon J. Cohen, Michael A. Erickson, Catalin V. Filip, Jim A. Folta, Abe D. Handler, Tom E. Lanier, Ken R. Manes, Brian L. Olejniczak, Shahida I. Rana, Mike J. Shaw, Stanley Sommer, Mary L. Spaeth, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Pam K. Whitman, Clay Widmayer, J. Nan Wong, Paul J. Wegner, Dan Kalantar, David Alessi, Saroja Ammula, Brandon Buckley, Alica Calonico Soto, Wren Carr, Jason Chou, Alex Deland, Peter DeVore, Gaylen Erbert, Nathan Gottesman, Apurva Gowda, John Heebner, Charles Orth, Vincent Hernandez, Sandrine Herriot, Ron House, Chris Kinsella, Brian MacGowan, Kathleen Mccandless, Ryan Muir, Mario Ordonez, Ernesto Padilla, Alan Pao, Larry Pelz, Brett Raymond, Tayyab Suratwala, Alex Wargo, Lei Wang, and Doug Larson "The National Ignition Facility laser performance status", Proc. SPIE 11666, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VI, 1166604 (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586868
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KEYWORDS
National Ignition Facility

Diagnostics

Fusion energy

Laser development

Neodymium glass lasers

Physics

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