Integrated operations of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) optical pulse generation development system

John K. Crane, Russell B. Wilcox, N. W. Hopps, Donald F. Browning, Mikael D. Martinez, Bryan D. Moran, Frank A. Penko, Joshua E. Rothenberg, Mark A. Henesian, C. Brent Dane, Lloyd A. Hackel, W. Howard Lowdermilk
1999 Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion  
We describe the Optical Pulse Generation (OPG) testbed, which is the integration of the MOR and Preamplifier Development Laboratories. We use this OPG testbed to develop and demonstrate the overall capabilites of the NIF laser system front end. We will present the measured energy and power output, temporal and spatial pulse shaping capability, FM bandwidth and dispersion for beam smoothing, and measurements of the pulse-to-pulse power variation of the OPG system and compare these results with
more » ... e required system performance specifications. We will discuss the models that are used to predict the system performance and how the OPG output requirements flowdown to the subordinate subsystems within the OPG system.
doi:10.1117/12.354218 fatcat:dddecaluq5cyjfy7nn3j4ytf6m