Initial activation and operation of the Power Conditioning System for the National Ignition Facility

Newton, Mark A.; Kamni, R.E.; Fulkerson, E.S.; Hulsey, S.D.; Lao, N.; Parrish, G.; Pendleton, D.; Petersen, D.E.; Polk, M.; Tuck, J.; Ullery, G.T.; Moore, W. B.

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“…The Power Conditioning System located on either side of each laser bay stores up to 500 Megajoules of electrical energy for the 7,680 flashlamps used in NIF's large glass amplifier sections. 25 The intense light from the flashlamps excites the neodymium in the laser slabs to provide optical gain at the primary 1.06 micron infrared wavelength of the laser.…”

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“…The PEPC thus traps the laser light between two mirrors as it makes four oneway passes through the main amplifier system before being switched out to continue its way to the target chamber. The power conditioning system located on either side of each laser bay stores up to 500 MJ of electrical energy for the 7680 flashlamps used in NIF's large glass amplifier sections [25]. The intense light from the flashlamps excites the neodymium in the laser slabs to provide optical gain at the primary 1.06 µm infrared wavelength of the laser.…”

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The National Ignition Facility: enabling fusion ignition for the 21st century

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Wüest³

2004

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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, when completed in 2008, will contain a 192-beam, 1.8-Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system together with a 10-meter-diameter target chamber and room for 100 diagnostics. NIF is housed in a 26,000 square meter environmentally controlled building and is the world's largest and most energetic laser experimental system. NIF provides a scientific center for the study of inertial confinement fusion and the physics of matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. NIF's energetic laser beams will compress fusion targets to conditions required for thermonuclear burn, liberating more energy than required to initiate the fusion reactions. Other NIF experiments will study physical processes at temperatures approaching 10 8 K and 10 11 bar; conditions that exist naturally only in the interior of stars and planets. NIF is currently configured with four laser beams activated in late 2002. These beams are being regularly used for laser performance and physics experiments and to date nearly 250 system shots have been conducted. NIF's laser beams have generated 106 kilojoules in 23-ns pulses of infrared light and over 16 kJ in 3.5-ns pulses at the third harmonic (351 nm). A number of target experimental systems are being commissioned in support of experimental campaigns. This paper provides a detailed look the NIF laser systems, laser and optical performance, and results from laser commissioning shots. We also discuss NIF's high-energy density and inertial fusion experimental capabilities, the first experiments on NIF, and plans for future capabilities of this unique facility.

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The National Ignition Facility: enabling fusion ignition for the 21st century

Miller¹,

Moses²,

Wüest³

2004

Nucl. Fusion

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Design and Performance of a Compact Marx Generator for Two-Electrode Gas Switch Used in ICF Power Conditioning System

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The national ignition facility high-energy ultraviolet laser system

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The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is a stadium-sized facility containing a 192-beam, 1 .&Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system together with a 10-meter diameter target chamber with room for nearly 100 experimental diagnostics. When completed, NIF will be the world's largest and most energetic laser experimental system, providing an international center to study inertial confinement fusion and the physics of matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. NIF's 192 energetic laser beams will compress fusion targets to conditions required for thermonuclear bum, liberating more energy than required to initiate the fusion reactions. Other NIF experiments will allow the study of physical processes at temperatures approaching lo8 K and 10" Bar, conditions that exist naturally only in the interior of stars, planets and in nuclear weapons. NIF is now entering the first phases of its laser commissioning program. The first four beams of the NIF laser system have generated 106 kilojoules of infrared light and over 10 kl at the third harmonic (351 nm). NIF's target experimental systems are also being installed in preparation for experiments to begin in late 2003. This paper provides a detailed look the NIF laser systems, the significant laser and optical systems breakthroughs that were developed, the results of recent laser commissioning shots, and plans for commissioning diagnostics for experiments on NIF.

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Initial activation and operation of the Power Conditioning System for the National Ignition Facility

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The National Ignition Facility: enabling fusion ignition for the 21st century

The National Ignition Facility: enabling fusion ignition for the 21st century

Design and Performance of a Compact Marx Generator for Two-Electrode Gas Switch Used in ICF Power Conditioning System

The national ignition facility high-energy ultraviolet laser system

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