AURORA MULTIKILOJOULE KRF LASER SYSTEM PROTOTYPE FOR INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION

被引：54

作者：

ROSOCHA, LA

HANLON, JA

MCLEOD, J

KANG, M

KORTEGAARD, BL

BURROWS, MD

BOWLING, PS

机构：

[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM,, USA, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, USA

来源：

FUSION TECHNOLOGY | 1987年 / 11卷 / 03期

关键词：

ELECTRON BEAMS - Applications - NUCLEAR ENERGY - Fusion Reactions - ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - Sources;

D O I：

10.13182/FST87-A25032

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

Aurora is the Los Alamos National Laboratory short-pulse, high-power, KrF laser system. It serves as an end-to-end technology demonstration for large-scale ultraviolet laser systems of interest for short wavelength, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) investigations. The system is a prototype for using optical angular multiplexing and serial amplification by large electron-beam-driven KrF laser amplifiers to deliver stacked, 248-nm, 5-ns duration multikilojoule laser pulses to ICF targets using an approximately 1-km-long optical beam path. The entire Aurora KrF laser system is described and the design features of the following major system components are summarized: front-end lasers, amplifier train, multiplexer, optical relay train, demultiplexer, target irradiation apparatus, and alignment and controls systems.

引用

页码：497 / 531

页数：35

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