Technologies for High-Energy, Short-Pulse Laser Systems Beyond the Kilowatt Barrier

Emily Link | 17-ERD-033

Executive Summary

We are developing and evaluating conceptual designs of short-pulse laser system architectures for three different kilowatt power levels (3, 30, and 300), which could serve as future high-average-power, high-energy petawatt systems. Such systems support national efforts in inertial confinement fusion.

Publications and Presentations

Bayramian, A., et al. 2017. "High Average Power Drive Lasers for EuPRAXIA Tm: YLF-Based Architecture." 2nd EuPRAXIA Collaboration Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 2017. LLNL-PRES-742218.

Bayramian, A., et al.  2018. "High Average Power Drive Lasers for EuPRAXIA Tm: YLF-Based Architecture." 3rd EuPRAXIA Collaboration Meeting, Liverpool, England, July 2018. LLNL-PRES-754078.

Leisher, P. O., et al., 2018. "New Architecture for PW-Scale High Peak Power Lasers Scalable to Near-MW Average Powers." Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources, Yokohama, Japan, April 2018. LLNL-PRES-750143.

Siders, C., et al. 2018. "Pushing Energetic High Peak Power Lasers Beyond the Kilowatt Barrier." High Power Laser Ablation, Santa Fe, NM, March 2018. LLNL-PRES-748574.

Spinka, T. 2017. "Kilowatt-Class, Application-Enabling Petawatt Laser Technology." Ultrafast Optics, Jackson Hole, WY, Oct. 2017. LLNL-PRES-739587.

Spinka, T., et al. 2017. "High Average Power Drive Lasers for JuSPARC." JuSPARC Meeting, LLNL, Livermore, CA, Nov. 2017. LLNL-PRES-742743.