A >2-MJ, 1014-W laser system for DT fusion—NIF: a note in celebration of the 75th birthday of Prof. Theodore Haensch
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- 作者：John F. Holzrichter ; Kenneth R. Manes
- 刊名：Applied Physics B
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：123
- 期：1
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- 刊物类别：Physics and Astronomy
- 刊物主题：Physics, general; Physical Chemistry; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices; Quantum Optics; Engineering, general;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1432-0649
- 卷排序：123
文摘
In 1970, Dr. Theodore Haensch joined A.L. Schawlow’s group in the physics department at Stanford, as a NATO postdoctoral researcher. Within a short time, he and his colleagues had invented a new, high-resolution, tunable laser system using expanded reflection gratings and an N2 laser for pumping the fluorescing dyes. This work resulted in a high-brightness, high-repetition-rate, narrow-band laser probe for conducting optical spectroscopy at extreme levels of precision. Dr. Haensch, and his many colleagues, particularly Prof. Arthur Schawlow and their students at Stanford, then proceeded to revolutionize optical spectroscopy and to train several generations of exceptional young scientists. At the same time, the Siegman, Harris, and Byer laboratories also at Stanford were making major contributions to the laser and quantum electronics fields. Several students from both groups joined the Livermore Laboratory. That early work, and that of others, encouraged teams at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to design and build a series of increasing complicated, high-power multi-beam laser systems to investigate the potential of laser fusion. The National Ignition Facility, recently completed, is enabling investigations of matter at very high temperatures, T > 1 million K and densities 100-1000× normal. In addition, researchers are creating 1015 DT fusion neutrons per fusion experiment and generating new knowledge about unusual and important conditions of matter.