Use of beam propagation modeling of Beamlet and Nova to ensure a "safe" National Ignition Facility laser system design

Mark A. Henesian; P. A. Renard; Jerome M. Auerbach; John A. Caird; B. Ehrlich; Steven J. Haney; John T. Hunt; Janice K. Lawson; Kenneth R. Manes; David Milam; Richard A. Sacks; Lynn G. Seppala; I. Smith; David Ralph Speck; Calvin E. Thompson; Bruno M. Van Wonterghem; Paul J. Wegner; Timothy L. Weiland; C. Clay Widmayer; Wade H. Williams; John B. Trenholme

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8 December 1997 Use of beam propagation modeling of Beamlet and Nova to ensure a "safe" National Ignition Facility laser system design

Mark A. Henesian, P. A. Renard, Jerome M. Auerbach, John A. Caird, B. Ehrlich, Steven J. Haney, John T. Hunt, Janice K. Lawson, Kenneth R. Manes, David Milam, Richard A. Sacks, Lynn G. Seppala, I. Smith, David Ralph Speck, Calvin E. Thompson, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Paul J. Wegner, Timothy L. Weiland, C. Clay Widmayer, Wade H. Williams, John B. Trenholme

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Proceedings Volume 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294244
Event: Second International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to ICF, 1996, Paris, France

Abstract

An exhaustive set of Beamlet and Nova laser system simulations were performed over a wide range of power levels in order to gain understanding about the statistical trends in Nova and Beamlet's experimental data sets, and to provide critical validation of propagation tools and design `rules' applied to the 192-arm National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Mark A. Henesian, P. A. Renard, Jerome M. Auerbach, John A. Caird, B. Ehrlich, Steven J. Haney, John T. Hunt, Janice K. Lawson, Kenneth R. Manes, David Milam, Richard A. Sacks, Lynn G. Seppala, I. Smith, David Ralph Speck, Calvin E. Thompson, Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, Paul J. Wegner, Timothy L. Weiland, C. Clay Widmayer, Wade H. Williams, and John B. Trenholme "Use of beam propagation modeling of Beamlet and Nova to ensure a "safe" National Ignition Facility laser system design", Proc. SPIE 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference, (8 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294244

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