Large Scale Electromagnetic Computation on Nonlinear Optical Systems: Hardware and Software Augmentation

Abstract

The award went towards the purchase of an ONYX2 Silicon Graphics rack system with an Internal graphics engine and 8 256MHz CPUs. This system was chosen as it provided state-of-the-art graphical visualization and computing capabilities and offered a cost-effective upgrade route. The rack system Is directly linked to an earlier ONYX2 system obtained under a previous DURIP award. The in-house supercomputing engine has provided a significant boost to our AFOSR-funded research projects including the following: (1) Structural Dependence of the Linewidth Enhancement Factor: A Full Microscopic Many-Body Calculation; (2) An Interactive Supercomputing-based Simulator for High Brightness Laser Design; (3) High Power Femtosecond Atmospheric Light Strings; (4) Novel SHG for Femtosecond Pulses; and (5) Double Clad Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers for High Brightness Applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2000
Accession Number
ADA376849

Entities

People

  • Jerome V. Moloney

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplifiers
  • Brightness
  • Computations
  • Femtosecond Time
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Mathematics
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Quantum Well Lasers
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy