Plasma Amplifiers to Enable Dramatic Increases in Laser Power and Energy to Access New Physical Processes

Patrick Poole | 19-DR-011

Executive Summary

We are developing plasma-based optics that manipulate and combine laser beams to achieve record levels of energy, power, and intensity. This game-changing technology could enable new regimes of study on the National Ignition Facility and advance U.S. laser capabilities beyond current next-generation designs.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

Poole, P., et al. 2020. "Plasma Amplifiers to Enable Dramatic Increases in Laser Power and Energy to Access New Physical Processes." 61th Annual meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 2019. LLNL-PRES-770129