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An overview of Aurora: a multi-kilojoule KrF laser system for inertial confinement fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Louis A. Rosocha ,
Pleas S. Bowling ,
Michael D. Burrows ,
Michael Kang ,
John Hanlon ,
John McLeod  and
George W. York Jr.
Louis A. Rosocha
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Pleas S. Bowling
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Michael D. Burrows
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Michael Kang
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
John Hanlon
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
John McLeod
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
George W. York Jr.
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Physics Divison, PO Box 1663, MS-E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Abstract

Aurora is a short-pulse high-power krypton-fluoride laser system that serves as an end-to-end technology demonstration prototype for large-scale ultraviolet laser systems of interest for short wavelength inertial confinement fusion (ICF) studies. The system is designed to employ optical angular multiplexing and serial amplification by electron-beam-driven KrF laser amplifiers to deliver 248 nm, 5-ns duration multi-kilojoule laser pulses to ICF targets using a beam train of approximately 1 km in length.

In this paper, we will discuss the goals for the system and summarize the design features of the major system components: front-end lasers, amplifier train, optical train, and the alignment and controls systems.

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 55 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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