27-10-2012, 11:33 AM
Next-Generation Laser for Inertial Confinement Fusion
ABSTRACT
We are developing and building the ‘Mercury’ laser system as the first in a series of a new generation of diode-pumped
solid-state lasers (DPSSL) for advanced high energy density (HED) physics experiments at LLNL. Mercury will be the first
integrated demonstration of a scalable laser architecture compatible with advanced Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) goals.
Primary performance goals include 10% efficiencies at 10 Hz and a \h10 ns pulse with l(omega) energies of 100 J and with
2(omega)/3(omega) frequency conversion. Achieving this performance will provide a near term capability for HED
experiments and prove the potential of DPSSLs for inertial fusion energy (IFE).