High Power Lasers

Abstract

In Summer 2002, JASON undertook a study for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the prospective scientific value of high energy petawatt (HEPW) lasers to the NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP). Our charge was principally to look at the potential value of such lasers to achieving an increased understanding of nuclear weapons physics, but with attention paid to the impact of HEPW lasers on unclassified new science, including inertial-confinement fusion (ICF), astrophysics, and high-field physics. We were also asked to assess the plan for petawatt laser facility development and research activities that is being developed by NNSA's major laboratories, including the technical and programmatic risks associated with it The main report presents our detailed response to the study charge; this first chapter summarizes our findings,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA413819

Entities

People

  • D. Hammer
  • J. Cornwall
  • R. Jeanloz
  • R. Lelevier
  • S. Drell

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electron Energy
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Optics
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Particle Physics
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Thermonuclear Reactions
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space