The Nike KrF laser facility: Performance and initial target experiments

S. P. Obenschain; S. E. Bodner; D. Colombant; K. Gerber; R. H. Lehmberg; E. A. Mclean; A. N. Mostovych; M. S. Pronko; C. J. Pawley; A. J. Schmitt; J. D. Sethian; V. Serlin; J. A. Stamper; C. A. Sullivan; J. P. Dahlburg; J. H. Gardner; Y. Chan; A. V. Deniz; J. Hardgrove; T. Lehecka; M. Klapisch

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The Nike KrF laser facility: Performance and initial target experiments

S. P. Obenschain
, S. E. Bodner
, D. Colombant
, K. Gerber
, R. H. Lehmberg
, E. A. Mclean
, A. N. Mostovych
, M. S. Pronko
, C. J. Pawley
, A. J. Schmitt
, J. D. Sethian
, V. Serlin
, J. A. Stamper
, C. A. Sullivan
, J. P. Dahlburg
, J. H. Gardner
, Y. Chan
, A. V. Deniz
, J. Hardgrove
, T. Lehecka

M. Klapisch

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Abstract

Krypton‐fluoride (KrF) lasers are of interest to laser fusion because they have both the large bandwidth capability (≳THz) desired for rapid beam smoothing and the short laser wavelength (1/4 μm) needed for good laser–target coupling. Nike is a recently completed 56‐beam KrF laser and target facility at the Naval Research Laboratory. Because of its bandwidth of 1 THz FWHM (full width at half‐maximum), Nike produces more uniform focal distributions than any other high‐energy ultraviolet laser. Nike was designed to study the hydrodynamic instability of ablatively accelerated planar targets. First results show that Nike has spatially uniform ablation pressures (Δp/p<2%). Targets have been accelerated for distances sufficient to study hydrodynamic instability while maintaining good planarity. In this review we present the performance of the Nike laser in producing uniform illumination, and its performance in correspondingly uniform acceleration of targets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2098-2107
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	3
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871661
State	Published - May 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

ABLATION
DIRECT DRIVE LASER IMPLOSION
KRYPTON FLUORIDE LASERS
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LASER−PRODUCED PLASMA
LASER−RADIATION HEATING
PERFORMANCE

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Obenschain, S. P., Bodner, S. E., Colombant, D., Gerber, K., Lehmberg, R. H., Mclean, E. A., Mostovych, A. N., Pronko, M. S., Pawley, C. J., Schmitt, A. J., Sethian, J. D., Serlin, V., Stamper, J. A., Sullivan, C. A., Dahlburg, J. P., Gardner, J. H., Chan, Y., Deniz, A. V., Hardgrove, J., ... Klapisch, M. (1996). The Nike KrF laser facility: Performance and initial target experiments. Physics of Plasmas, 3(5), 2098-2107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871661

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The Nike KrF laser facility: Performance and initial target experiments

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