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The TRIDENT laser at LANL: New 'dial-a-contrast' and high-contrast experimental capabilities

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1163, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)

Description

The Trident laser facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has served for more than 20 years as an important tool in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and Material Dynamics research. An energy and power upgrade of the short-pulse beam line to 100 J / 200 TW was made in 2007 and contrast improvements have been made continually since. The combination of this powerful new short-pulse beamline with the two flexible long pulse beamlines, and a total of three different target areas, makes Trident a highly flexible and versatile research tool for high energy density laboratory plasma (HEDLP) research. The newest 'Dial-a-Contrast' (DaC) features are described, along with nominal performance of the laser at the presently available highest contrast. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135907003

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1051/epjconf/20135907003;

Publishing Information

Publisher
EDP Sciences
Imprint Place
Les Ulis (France)
ISBN
978-2-7598-1077-2
Imprint Pagination
(v.59) 5 p.

Conference

Title
7. International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
Acronym
IFSA 2011
Dates
12-16 Sep 2011
Place
Bordeaux (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
45030116
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; ENERGY DENSITY; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LANL; LASERS; PLASMA; PULSES
Descriptors DEC
CONFINEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

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