Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system

Authors :: Terrance J. Kessler
C. P. Verdon
J. M. Soures
Samuel A. Letzring
F. J. Marshall
R. S. Craxton
S. J. Loucks
R. L. McCrory
W. Seka
Thomas Boehly
S. A. Kumpan
John H. Kelly
S. F. B. Morse
R. L. Keck
D. L. Brown
James Knauer
Source :: Optics Communications. 133:495-506
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1997.
Abstract: OMEGA is a 60-terawatt, 60-beam, frequency-tripled Nd:glass laser system designed to perform precision direct-drive inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) experiments. The upgrade to the system, completed in April 1995, met or surpassed all technical requirements. The acceptance tests demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the system: high driver stability (