Z-Beamlet: a multikilojoule, terawatt-class laser system.
A large-aperture (30-cm) kilojoule-class Nd:glass laser system known as Z-Beamlet has been constructed to perform x-ray radiography of high-energy-density science experiments conducted on the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The laser, operating with typical pulse durations from 0.3 to 1.5 ns, employs a sequence of successively larger multipass amplifiers to achieve up to 3-kJ energy at 1054 nm. Large-aperture frequency conversion and long-distance beam transport can provide on-target energies of up to 1.5 kJ at 527 nm.
Rambo
Patrick K
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Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Mail Stop 1193, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA. prambo@sandia.gov
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Garcia
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Thurston
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