2-GW peak-power generation from a TEA CO<sub>2</sub>oscillator-amplifier laser

Rheault, F.; Lachambre, J. L.; Gilbert, J.; Fortin, R.; Blanchard, M.

doi:10.1109/jqe.1972.1077089

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“…Finally, we remark that these calculations can be thought of as a challenge to laser physicists and engineers to discover and develop more suitable lasers for the deuterium pellet fusion application. Today the neodymium-doped glass laser [6] and nitrogen/carbon dioxide lasers [39][40][41] are the most advanced pulsed lasers for immediate application to laser/fusion experiments. Contemporary ultra-violet lasers do not have sufficient giant pulse capability.…”

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Wavelength dependence of laser-light absorption by a solid deuterium target

Shearer

Duderstadt

1973

Nucl. Fusion

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The efficiency of absorption of laser light by a deuterium plasma is an important parameter for the laser/pellet fusion application. A computer calculation model is described and used to calculate intense light absorption over the wavelength range 0.1 fim < \ < 10.6 um for two different pulse durations. The calculation includes both collisional absorption and anomalous absorption by means of the parametric ion-acoustic instability. The general result for all of the computer calculations, supported by an analytic model, is that the absorption efficiency increases as the wavelength is decreased. * Work performed under the auspices of the US Atomic Energy Commission.

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“…11. A nalytical calculations of absorption versus wavelength [Eqs(41) and (45)] for the case H= lOfim, T £ = l k e V .…”

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