The Aurora Project: Optical Design For A Kilojoule Class KrF Laser

John Hanlon; John McLeod; Jon E. Sollid; William Horn III; Roger Carmichael; Bert Kortegaard; Gregg Woodfin; Louis Rosocha

doi:10.1117/12.976127

20 November 1985 The Aurora Project: Optical Design For A Kilojoule Class KrF Laser

John Hanlon, John McLeod, Jon E. Sollid, William Horn III, Roger Carmichael, Bert Kortegaard, Gregg Woodfin, Louis Rosocha

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Proceedings Volume 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976127
Event: 1985 Albuquerque Conferences on Optics, 1985, Albuquerque, United States

Abstract

Aurora is a 248-nm,10-kilojoule laser system being built at Los Alamos National Laboratory to demonstrate the feasibility of large KrF laser systems for laser fusion. It was designed as a test bed to demonstrate: 1) efficient energy extraction at 248 nm; 2) an angularly multiplexed optical system that is scaleable to large system designs; 3) the control of parasitics and ASE (amplified spontaneous emission); 4) long path pulse propagation at uv wavelengths; 5) alignment systems for multibeam systems; and 6) new or novel approaches to optical hardware that can lead to cost reduction on large systems. In this paper only issues pertinent to the optical system are addressed.

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John Hanlon, John McLeod, Jon E. Sollid, William Horn III, Roger Carmichael, Bert Kortegaard, Gregg Woodfin, and Louis Rosocha "The Aurora Project: Optical Design For A Kilojoule Class KrF Laser", Proc. SPIE 0540, Southwest Conf on Optics '85, (20 November 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976127

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