Can solid state laser technology serve usefully beyond fusion ignition facilities?

Stephen A. Payne; Howard T. Powell; William Franklin Krupke

doi:10.1117/12.228297

8 December 1995 Can solid state laser technology serve usefully beyond fusion ignition facilities?

Stephen A. Payne, Howard T. Powell, William Franklin Krupke

Proceedings Volume 2633, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228297
Event: Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), 1995, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

We have explored the major technical and conceptual issues relating to the suitability of a diode-pumped solid state laser as a driver for an inertial fusion energy power plant. While solid state lasers have long served as the workhorse of inertial confinement fusion physics studies, the deployment of a driver possessing adequate efficiency, reliability, and repetition rate for inertial fusion energy requires the implementation of several technical innovations discussed in this article.

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Stephen A. Payne, Howard T. Powell, and William Franklin Krupke "Can solid state laser technology serve usefully beyond fusion ignition facilities?", Proc. SPIE 2633, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), (8 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228297

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