Dr. Mark W. Bowers Profile

Dr. Mark W. Bowers

NIF Lasers Section Leader at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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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 | 3 October 2022 Presentation + Paper

Role of template selection in aligning beams in the optical Thomson scattering laser at the National Ignition Facility

Abdul A. Awwal, Roger Lowe-Webb, Mark Bowers, Tracy Budge

Proceedings Volume 12225, 1222502 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647290

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Laser optics, Thomson scattering, Laser scattering, Image filtering, Image processing, Cameras

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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 | 26 February 2015 Paper

The commissioning of the advanced radiographic capability laser system: experimental and modeling results at the main laser output

J. M. Di Nicola, S. Yang, C. Boley, John Crane, J. Heebner, Thomas Spinka, P. Arnold, C. P. Barty, M. Bowers, T. Budge, K. Christensen, J. Dawson, G. Erbert, E. Feigenbaum, G. Guss, C. Haefner, M. Hermann, Doug Homoelle, J. Jarboe, J. Lawson, R. Lowe-Webb, Kathleen McCandless, Brent McHale, L. Pelz, P. Pham, M. Prantil, M. Rehak, M. Rever, Michael Rushford, R. Sacks, M. Shaw, D. Smauley, L. Smith, R. Speck, G. Tietbohl, P. Wegner, C. Widmayer

Proceedings Volume 9345, 93450I (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080459

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Near field, Mirrors, Diagnostics, Picosecond phenomena, X-rays, Optical amplifiers, Performance modeling, Sensors, Fusion energy

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

RF-photonic wideband measurements of energetic pulses on NIF enhanced by compressive sensing algorithms

Jason Chou, George Valley, Vincent Hernandez, Corey Bennett, Larry Pelz, John Heebner, J. Di Nicola, Matthew Rever, Mark Bowers

Proceedings Volume 8985, 898511 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042361

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Amplitude modulation, Pulsed laser operation, Interference (communication), Photodetectors, Compressed sensing, Algorithm development, Optical amplifiers, Oscilloscopes, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 2012 Paper

A compact UV timing fiducial system for use with x-ray streak cameras at NIF

Doug Homoelle, Mark Bowers, Don Browning, Scott Burns, Gaylen Erbert, Brad Golick, Jim Haley, Tom McCarville, Yekaterina Opachich, Ernesto Padilla, Nathan Palmer, Brad Perfect, Larry Pelz, Tom Spinka, Alan Throop, J. Nan Wong

Proceedings Volume 8505, 850504 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928668

KEYWORDS: Streak cameras, Polarization, X-rays, National Ignition Facility, Frequency conversion, Imaging systems, Crystals, Diagnostics, Ultraviolet radiation, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2007 Paper

The injection laser system on the National Ignition Facility

Mark Bowers, Scott Burkhart, Simon Cohen, Gaylen Erbert, John Heebner, Mark Hermann, Don Jedlovec

Proceedings Volume 6451, 64511M (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.700478

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, National Ignition Facility, Diagnostics, Laser systems engineering, Oscillators, Sensors, Beam shaping, Optical amplifiers, Modulators, Fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 28 May 2004 Paper

NIF injection laser system

Peter Wisoff, Mark Bowers, Gaylen Erbert, Donald Browning, Donald Jedlovec

Proceedings Volume 5341, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538466

KEYWORDS: National Ignition Facility, Optical amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Beam splitters, Modulators, Oscillators, Beam shaping, Amplitude modulation, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 1994 Paper

Characteristics of an ultrafast x-ray streak camera

Ronnie Shepherd, Rex Booth, Dwight Price, Mark Bowers, Don Swan, James Bonlie, Bruce Young, James Dunn, William White, Richard Stewart

Proceedings Volume 2278, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.180003

KEYWORDS: Electrons, X-rays, Streak cameras, Temporal resolution, Picosecond phenomena, Calibration, Ultrafast phenomena, X-ray detectors, Gold, Dispersion

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 1993 Paper

Novel, movable, multianode x-ray source for imaging detector calibrations

Kenneth Tirsell, Mark Bowers, Allen Elsholz, John Randolph

Proceedings Volume 1736, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140469

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Imaging systems, Calibration, X-ray detectors, Image sensors, X-ray sources, Magnesium, Cameras, X-ray imaging

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Proceedings Article | 1 January 1992 Paper

Subpicosecond x-ray streak camera

Mark Bowers, Ronnie Shepherd, Richard Stewart

Proceedings Volume 1539, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50528

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Streak cameras, Cameras, Ultraviolet radiation, Picosecond phenomena, Temporal resolution, Plasmas, Potassium, Pulse generators, Femtosecond phenomena

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Conference Committee Involvement (6)

High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VIII

25 January 2025 | San Francisco, United States

High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII

1 February 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VI

6 March 2021 | Online Only, California, United States

High Power Lasers for Fusion Research V

6 February 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States

High Power Lasers for Fusion Research IV

30 January 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States

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