Mr. Douglas W. Larson Profile

Douglas W. Larson

Group Leader at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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Publications (9)

Proceedings Article | 11 April 2024 Presentation + Paper

Design of first experiment to achieve fusion target gain > 1

A. Kritcher, D. Schlossberg, C. Weber, C. Young, E. Dewald, A. Zylstra, O. Hurricane, A. Allen, B. Bachmann, K. Baker, S. Baxamusa, T. Braun, G. Brunton, D. Callahan, D. Casey, T. Chapman, C. Choate, D. Clark, J.-M. Di Nicola, L. Divol, M. Edwards, S. Haan, T. Fehrenbach, S. Hayes, D. Hinkel, M. Hohenberger, K. Humbird, O. Jones, E. Kur, B. Kustowski, C. Kong, O. Landen, D. Larson, X. Lepro-Chavez, J. Lindl, B. MacGowan, S. Maclaren, M. Marinak, M. Millot, A. Nikroo, R. Nora, A. Pak, P. Patel, J. Ralph, M. Ratledge, M. Rubery, S. Sepke, M. Stadermann, D. Strozzi, T. Suratwala, R. Tommasini, R. Town, B. Woodworth, B. Van Wonterghem, C. Wild

Proceedings Volume 12939, 1293905 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017211

KEYWORDS: Fusion energy, Design, Laser energy, Diamond, Laser radiation, Plasmas, National Ignition Facility, Laser ablation, Pulsed laser operation, Laser welding

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Recent laser performance improvements and latest results at the National Ignition Facility

Jean-Michel Di Nicola, Tayyab Suratwala, Lawrence Pelz, John Heebner, David Alessi, Anumeha Bhasker, Tiziana Bond, Mark Bowers, Gordon Brunton, Brandon Buckley, Alicia Calonico Soto, Wren Carr, Leyen Chang, Jason Chou, Simon Cohen, David Cross, Rich Deveno, Peter Devore, Michael Erickson, Catalin Filip, Nathan Gottesman, Apurva Gowda, Dan Kalantar, Abe Handler, Vincent Hernandez, Sandrine Herriot, Christopher Kinsella, Tom Lanier, Doug Larson, Brian MacGowan, Samuel McLaren, Ken Manes, Kathleen McCandless, Christopher Miller, Marcus Monticelli, Ryan Muir, Mario Ordonez, Alan Pao, Jordan Penner, Travis Petersen, Shahida Rana, Brett Raymond, River Aden, Nathan Ruiz, Sam Schrauth, Stanley Sommer, Mary Spaeth, Christopher Stolz, Diana VanBlarcom, Bruno Van Wonterghem, Alexander Wargo, Lei Wang, Paul Wegner, Brian Welday, Pam Whitman, Nan Wong

Proceedings Volume PC12401, PC1240103 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655251

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Fusion energy, Yield improvement, Space operations, Pulsed laser operation, Pulse shaping, Plasma, Neodymium glass lasers, Laser systems engineering, Laser energy

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

The National Ignition Facility laser performance status

Jean-Michel Di Nicola, Steven Yang, Tiziana Bond, Mark Bowers, Leyen Chang, Simon Cohen, Michael Erickson, Catalin Filip, Jim Folta, Abe Handler, Tom Lanier, Ken Manes, Brian Olejniczak, Shahida Rana, Mike Shaw, Stanley Sommer, Mary Spaeth, Bruno Van Wonterghem, Pam Whitman, Clay Widmayer, J. Nan Wong, Paul 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

Proceedings Volume 11666, 1166604 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586868

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Diagnostics, Fusion energy, Physics, Neodymium glass lasers, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2017 Paper

Status of NIF laser and high power laser research at LLNL

Mark Bowers, Jeff Wisoff, Mark Herrmann, Tom Anklam, Jay Dawson, Jean-Michel Di Nicola, Constantin Haefner, Mark Hermann, Doug Larson, Chris Marshall, Bruno Van Wonterghem, Paul Wegner

Proceedings Volume 10084, 1008403 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257571

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, High power lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser welding, Fusion energy, Physics, Fiber lasers, Radiography, Laser development, Picosecond phenomena, X-rays, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 28 May 2004 Paper

NIF laser line-replaceable units (LRUs)

Doug Larson

Proceedings Volume 5341, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538467

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Optical amplifiers, Spatial filters, Pulsed laser operation, Mirrors, Computer aided design, Switches, Diagnostics, Wavefronts, Plasma

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 1997 Paper

Effect of amplifier component maintenance on laser system availability and reliability for the U.S. National Ignition Facility

Alvin Erlandson, H. Lambert, Luis Zapata, L. Pedrotti, Doug Larson, Mark Rotter, W. Dallum, Stephane Seznec, Geoffroy LeTouze, Eric Grebot, O. Carbourdin, J. Fornerod, P. Bosch

Proceedings Volume 3047, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294297

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Amplifiers, Reliability, Optical amplifiers, Reflectors, Electrical breakdown, Electrical insulation failure, Lamps, Silver, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 1997 Paper

Power conditioning development for the National Ignition Facility

Mark Newton, Doug Larson, J. Wilson, H. Harjes, M. Savage, R. Anderson

Proceedings Volume 3047, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294360

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Switches, Capacitors, Fusion energy, Laser systems engineering, Prototyping, Control systems, Glasses, Laser energy, Laser glasses

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Proceedings Article | 8 December 1995 Paper

Fault tolerance of the NIF power conditioning system

Doug Larson, R. Anderson, John Boyes

Proceedings Volume 2633, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228265

KEYWORDS: Capacitors, National Ignition Facility, Inductance, Tolerancing, Resistance, Resistors, Pulsed power, Performance modeling, Switches, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 1993 Paper

Calculations of dynamic stresses in the envelopes of pulsed Xe flashlamps

Fred Holdener, Ethan Platt, Alvin Erlandson, Donald Frank, Robert Gelinas, Kenneth Jancaitis, Doug Larson, Kurt Sinz

Proceedings Volume 1739, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140543

KEYWORDS: Lamps, Xenon, Quartz, Heat flux, Thermal engineering, Plasma, Absorption, Magnetism, Electrons, Electrodes

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