Performance and operation of the upgraded Nova laser
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (USA)
Description
Over the past year, the Nova laser at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been undergoing major refurbishment. Concurrently, an extensive research program has been undertaken to characterize and understand, in detail, the characteristics of Nova and the factors which limit its performance. As a result of these combined efforts, Nova now exceeds its original performance goals. Among the topics discussed are the substitution of platinum free laser glass in the power amplifier section of the Nova beamlines; increased frequency conversion efficiency, and large optic damage resulting from transverse stimulated Brillouin scattering. When the authors have implemented the necessary changes on all 10 Nova beamlines, they will be able to routinely deliver 120 kilojoules of energy at 1.053 μm, and 75 kilojoules at 0.351 μm
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- SPIE Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
- Imprint Place
- Bellingham, WA (USA)
- Imprint Title
- High power and solid state lasers II
- Imprint Pagination
- 203 p.
- Series
- SPIE - Volume 1040.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 169-176.
Conference
- Title
- 2. conference on high power and solid state lasers.
- Dates
- 19-20 Jan 1989.
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21038154
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM OPTICS; BRILLOUIN EFFECT; GLASS; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; NOVA FACILITY; PERFORMANCE; PLATINUM; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SPECIFICATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFIERS; COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LA; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PLATINUM METALS; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-890157--.