Beam control and diagnostic functions in the NIF transport spatial filter

Fred R. Holdener; Elden Ables; Erlan S. Bliss; Steven J. Boege; Robert D. Boyd; Clifford J. Chocol; Donald T. Davis; Robert D. Demaret; R. Edward English Jr.; Curt W. Laumann; John L. Miller; Stan W. Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.294245

8 December 1997 Beam control and diagnostic functions in the NIF transport spatial filter

Fred R. Holdener, Elden Ables, Erlan S. Bliss, Steven J. Boege, Robert D. Boyd, Clifford J. Chocol, Donald T. Davis, Robert D. Demaret, R. Edward English Jr., Curt W. Laumann, John L. Miller, Stan W. Thomas

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Proceedings Volume 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294245
Event: Second International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to ICF, 1996, Paris, France

Abstract

Beam control and diagnostic systems are required to align the National Ignition Facility laser prior to a shot as well as to provide diagnostics on 192 beam lines at shot time. A design that allows each beam's large spatial filter lenses to also serve as objective lenses for beam control and diagnostic sensor packages helps to accomplish the task at a reasonable cost. However, this approach also causes a high concentration of small optics near the pinhole plane of the transport spatial filter (TSF) at the output of each beam. This paper describes the optomechanical design in and near the central vacuum vessel of the TSF.

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Fred R. Holdener, Elden Ables, Erlan S. Bliss, Steven J. Boege, Robert D. Boyd, Clifford J. Chocol, Donald T. Davis, Robert D. Demaret, R. Edward English Jr., Curt W. Laumann, John L. Miller, and Stan W. Thomas "Beam control and diagnostic functions in the NIF transport spatial filter", Proc. SPIE 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference, (8 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.294245

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