Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion

A. J. Bayramian; C. Bibeau; R. J. Beach; J. C. Chanteloup; C. A. Ebbers; K. Kanz; H. Nakano; S. A. Payne; H. T. Powell; K. I. Schaffers; L. Seppala; K. Skulina; L. K. Smith; S. B. Sutton; L. E. Zapata

Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion

A. J. Bayramian
, C. Bibeau
, R. J. Beach
, J. C. Chanteloup
, C. A. Ebbers
, K. Kanz
, H. Nakano
, S. A. Payne
, H. T. Powell
, K. I. Schaffers
, L. Seppala
, K. Skulina
, L. K. Smith
, S. B. Sutton
, L. E. Zapata

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
CEA/UVSQ/CNRS
Kindai University

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Abstract

Initial measurements are reported for the Mercury laser system, a scalable driver for rep-rated high energy density physics research. The performance goals include 10% electrical efficiency at 10 Hz and 100 J with a 2-10 ns pulse length. This laser is an angularly multiplexed 4-pass gas-cooled amplifier system based on image relaying to minimize wavefront distortion and optical damage risk at the 10 Hz operating point. The efficiency requirements are fulfilled using diode laser pumping of ytterbium doped strontium fluorapatite crystals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2001
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
Pages	24-28
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	1557526613
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	2001 OSA Topical Meeting on Advanced Solid-State Lasers, ASSL 2001 - Seattle, United States Duration: 28 Jan 2001 → …

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	2001 OSA Topical Meeting on Advanced Solid-State Lasers, ASSL 2001
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	28/01/01 → …

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Bayramian, A. J., Bibeau, C., Beach, R. J., Chanteloup, J. C., Ebbers, C. A., Kanz, K., Nakano, H., Payne, S. A., Powell, H. T., Schaffers, K. I., Seppala, L., Skulina, K., Smith, L. K., Sutton, S. B., & Zapata, L. E. (2001). Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion. In Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2001 (pp. 24-28). (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers). Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).

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Bayramian, AJ, Bibeau, C, Beach, RJ, Chanteloup, JC, Ebbers, CA, Kanz, K, Nakano, H, Payne, SA, Powell, HT, Schaffers, KI, Seppala, L, Skulina, K, Smith, LK, Sutton, SB & Zapata, LE 2001, Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion. in Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2001. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), pp. 24-28, 2001 OSA Topical Meeting on Advanced Solid-State Lasers, ASSL 2001, Seattle, United States, 28/01/01.

Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion. / Bayramian, A. J.; Bibeau, C.; Beach, R. J. et al.
Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2001. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), 2001. p. 24-28 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

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