5th High Average Power Laser Program Workshop


5-6 December 2002
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC, U.S.A.



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Thursday, December 5, 2002

INTRODUCTION  
8:00-8:30             Coffee, pastries, bagels, etc All
8:30-8:50
(20)
Welcome + Introduction (ppt) John Sethian (NRL)
LASERS  
8:50-9:20
(30)
Mercury Diode Pumped Solid State Laser (ppt) C. Bibeau (LLNL)
9:20-9:50
(30)
Electra KrF Laser (ppt) M. Wolford (SAIC/NRL)
9:50-10:00
(10)
LASER DISCUSSION  
10:00-10:15
(15)
BREAK  
TARGET FABRICATION & INJECTION-1  
10:15-10:40
(25)
Target Fabrication/Injection Plan
plus GA Target Fabrication Effort (ppt)
D. Goodin (GA)
10:40-11:00
(20)
Production of Divinyl Benzene (DVB) shells (ppt) D. Schroen (Schafer)
J. Streit (Schafer)
11:00-11:30
(30)
Solid DT Studies (ppt) J. Hoffer (LANL)
11:30-12:00
(30)
Cryogenic Layering Experiments on Omega (pdf) D. Harding (U of Rochester)
12:00-1:00 LUNCH  
TARGET FABRICATION & INJECTION-2  
1:00-1:45
(45)
Status of Target Injector, In-Chamber Tracking (ppt)
Target Survival Calculations (ppt)
R. Petzoldt (GA)
R. Raffray (UCSD)
1:45-2:00
(15)
TARGET FAB & INJECTION DISCUSSION All
TARGET DESIGN  
2:00-2:25
(25)
High Gain Target Designs (NRL) (pdf) A. Schmitt (NRL)
D. Colombant (NRL)
2:25-2:50
(25)
High Gain Target Designs (LLNL) (ppt) J. Perkins (LLNL)
2:50-3:00
(10)
TARGET DESIGNS DISCUSSION All
POSTER SESSION  
3:00-4:00
(60)
Refreshments served All
CHAMBERS: OPERATING WINDOWS  
4:00-4:45
(45)
University of Wisconsin Chambers work
Operating windows for 400MJ target
Chamber designs with ferritic steels
Evaluation of fill gases other than Xe (haynes.ppt)
(moses.ppt)
(blanchard.ppt)
(kulcinski.ppt)
D. Haynes (Wisc)
G. Kulcinski (Wisc)
4:45-5:15
(30)
LLNL Chambers Work
Magnetic Deflection (ppt)
J. Latkowski (LLNL)
W. Meier (LLNL)
5:15-5:30 CHAMBERS DISCUSSIONS All

Friday, December 6, 2002

INTRODUCTION  
8:00-8:30Coffee, pastries, bagels, etc All
CHAMBERS: Dynamics and Experiments  
8:30-9:00
(30)
Chambers Dynamics Modeling (ppt) Z. Dragojlovic (UCSD)
9:00-9:30
(30)
Chambers Experiments (ppt) F. Najmabadi (UCSD)
9:30-9:45
(15)
CHAMBER DYNAMICS & EXPTS. DISCUSSIONS All
9:45-10:00
(15)
BREAK  
FINAL OPTICS  
10:00-10:30
(30)
Final Optics Plan
Aluminum damage thresholds in the UV
Effects of dust and contamination (ppt)
M. Tillack (UCSD)
10:30-10:50
(20)
Results of Neutral Irradiation studies on Transmissive Final optics for Laser IFE (ppt) W. Cooke (LANL)
10:50-11:00
(10)
OPTICS DISCUSSION All
MATERIALS-1  
11:00-11:30
(30)
Material Plan:
Tungsten/He experiments
Progress in Refractory Armored Composites (ppt#1)
(ppt#2)
L. Snead (ORNL)
11:30-12:00
(30)
XAPPER...it's hereeeeeee! (ppt) J. Latkowski (LLNL)
12:00-1:00 LUNCH  
PARALLEL SESSION: Target Survival Workshop  
1:00-3:00 Target Survival Workshop (pdf) R. Raffray (UCSD)
D. Goodin (GA)
MATERIALS-2  
1:00-1:10
(10)
Materials Studies on Z (x-rays) and RHEPP (ions) (ppt) C. Olson (SNL)
1:10-1:25
(15)
Z-Experiments (ppt) T. Tanaka
1:25-1:45
(20)
RHEPP Experiments (ppt) T. Renk
1:45-2:00
(15)
Bucky Simulations on RHEPP and Z (ppt) R. Peterson
2:00-2:15
(15)
Fatigue thermomechanics (ppt) N. Ghoniem (UCLA)
2:15-3:00
(45)
MATERIALS DISCUSSION
Generate common list of materials for testing by Xapper, Z, RHEPP, UCSD Laser, etc. Includes exact material specifications
L. Snead (ORNL) + MWG
ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS  
  IFE Ion Threat Spectra Effects Upon Chamber Wall Materials (ppt) G. E. Lucas (UCSB)
  PPI Materials Discussion (ppt)  

 

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