The NIKE 60 cm Electron Beam-Pumped KrF Amplifier

Abstract

NIKE is a large angularly multiplexed KrF laser system under development at the Naval Research Laboratory. NIKE is designed to deliver 2-3 kJ in a 3-4 nsec pulse onto a planar target and is designed to explore the technical and physics issues of direct drive laser fusion. One of the primary goals of the NIKE laser is to achieve ablation pressure nonuniformities of less than 2% in the target focal plane using lSI beam smoothing. These uniformities should be comparable to those required for direct drive of high gain targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA639411

Entities

People

  • Carl J. Pawley
  • Ian D. Smith
  • John D. Sethian
  • Malcolm Mcgeoch
  • Patrick A. Corcoran
  • Robert Altes
  • S. P. Obenschain

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplifiers
  • Dielectrics
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Field Emission
  • Impedance
  • Inductance
  • Krypton Fluoride Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Pulsed Power
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics