Driving pockels cells in multi-arm lasers [electronic resource].

Published:: Livermore, Calif. : Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1978.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: 15 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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This paper describes the method used to drive Pockels cells on the 20-arm Shiva laser for inertial confinement fusion research at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Shiva became operational last fall, and has just completed a series of 20-arm target shots. It uses two pockels cell gates in each laser arm for suppression of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) that can damage or destroy the target before the main pulse arrives. Two additional Pockels cells are used in the preamplification stages, so that a total of 42 cells must be driven by the pulser system.

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E 1.99:ucrl-81241
E 1.99: conf-780676-5
conf-780676-5
ucrl-81241

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Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology

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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/14/1978.
"ucrl-81241"
" conf-780676-5"
13. pulse power modulator symposium, Buffalo, NY, USA, 20 Jun 1978.
Carder, B.M.

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W-7405-ENG-48

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