@inproceedings{5685791d56444afab4f55980177fcfeb,
title = "Activation of the Mercury Laser: A diode-pumpedsolid-state laser driver for inertial fusion",
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.",
author = "Bayramian, \{A. J.\} and C. Bibeau and Beach, \{R. J.\} and Chanteloup, \{J. C.\} and Ebbers, \{C. A.\} and K. Kanz and H. Nakano and Payne, \{S. A.\} and Powell, \{H. T.\} and Schaffers, \{K. I.\} and L. Seppala and K. Skulina and Smith, \{L. K.\} and Sutton, \{S. B.\} and Zapata, \{L. E.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2001 Optical Society of America; 2001 OSA Topical Meeting on Advanced Solid-State Lasers, ASSL 2001 ; Conference date: 28-01-2001",
year = "2001",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "Optics InfoBase Conference Papers",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",
pages = "24--28",
booktitle = "Advanced Solid State Lasers, ASSL 2001",
}