Optical design of the National Ignition Facility main laser and switchyard/target area beam transport systems

John L. Miller; R. Edward English Jr.; Ronald J. Korniski; J. Michael Rodgers

doi:10.1117/12.354140

23 July 1999 Optical design of the National Ignition Facility main laser and switchyard/target area beam transport systems

John L. Miller, R. Edward English Jr., Ronald J. Korniski, J. Michael Rodgers

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Proceedings Volume 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354140
Event: Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1998, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

The optical design of the main laser and transport mirror sections of the National Ignition Facility are described. For the main laser the configuration, layout constraints, multiple beam arrangement, pinhole layout and beam paths, clear aperture budget, ray trace models, alignment constraints, lens designs, wavefront performance, and pupil aberrations are discussed. For the transport mirror system the layout, alignment controls and clear aperture budget are described.

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John L. Miller, R. Edward English Jr., Ronald J. Korniski, and J. Michael Rodgers "Optical design of the National Ignition Facility main laser and switchyard/target area beam transport systems", Proc. SPIE 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, (23 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354140

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