High Average Power Laser (HAPL) Program

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and other institutions are carrying out a multidisciplinary program to develop high energy pulsed lasers and complementary technologies for fusion energy and defense applications. For fusion energy, an array of high-energy laser beams would symmetrically and directly illuminate a cryogenic target that has been injected into a chamber. The deuterium-tritium fuel in the target undergoes thermonuclear burn and the energy is used to generate electricity. The attractiveness of this approach lies in its inherent simplicity, its separable architecture, and the modular nature of the laser driver. This lowers development costs and allows multiple options for the lasers, targets, and chambers.

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retrieve PDF Dry-Wall Target Chambers for Direct-Drive Laser Fusion; G.L. Kulcinski, R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, February 2001 [presented at the Laser IFE Program Workshop, February 6-7, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory]. (43 pages, 713 kB)

retrieve PDF The Potential for Graphite Oxidation in Dry Wall ICF Chambers; E.A. Mogahed, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.G. Murphy, H.Y. Khater, M.H. Anderson, G.L. Kulcinski, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (15 pages, 369 kB)

retrieve PDF First Wall Response to the 400MJ NRL Target; D.A. Haynes, Jr. and R.R. Peterson, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (9 pages, 233 kB)

retrieve PDF Output Spectra from Direct Drive ICF Targets; Robert R. Peterson, Igor E. Golovkin, Donald A. Haynes, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (12 pages, 1.8 MB)

retrieve PDF IFE Chamber Design Progress at the University of Wisconsin; G.L. Kulcinski, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (6 pages, 719 kB)

retrieve PDF First Wall Response to Several 400MJ Targets' Threat Spectra; D.A. Haynes, Jr., R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (15 pages, 353 kB)

retrieve PDF Modeling of Z-Ablation; I.E. Golovkin, R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, G. Rochau, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (9 pages, 350 kB) [more]

retrieve PDF Threat Spectra and Energy Partition for Au and Pd Coated Laser IFE Targets; R.R. Peterson, I. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, G.A. Moses, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (27 pages, 3.6 MB)

retrieve PDF Considerations for the Two-Stream Instability in Debris-Ion Stopping; J.F. Santarius, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (1 page, 73 kB)

retrieve PDF Experimental Hydrodynamics Model for First Wall Protection in IFE Reactors; Riccardo Bonazza, Jason Oakley, Mark Anderson, Phongsan Meekunnasombat, Shaoping Wang, Paul Brooks, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (1 page, 1.8 MB)

retrieve PDF Chamber Gas Density Requirements for Ion Stopping; D.A. Haynes, Jr., April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (12 pages, 579 kB)

retrieve PDF Fidelity of RHEPP and Z Experiments to Study Wall Response; R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (14 pages, 468 kB)

retrieve PDF Ion Driven Fireballs: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (13 pages, 546 kB)

retrieve PDF BUCKY Simulations of Z and RHEPP Experiments; R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (11 pages, 686 kB)

UWFDM-1188   Practical Considerations for Thermal Stresses Induced by Surface Heating; J.P. Blanchard, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 101 (2003)]. (7 pages, 839 kB)

retrieve PDF Design Window for Chamber with Tungsten/Steel First Wall; Jake Blanchard, D.A. Haynes, G.L. Kulcinski, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (18 pages, 697 kB)

retrieve PDF Response of Dry Wall Graphite Chamber Designs to the Output Spectrum from a Directly Driven Laser IFE Target; Donald A. Haynes, Jr. and Robert R. Peterson, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (26 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]

retrieve PDF Current Phase I Goals for Wisconsin; G.L. Kulcinski, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (5 pages, 225 kB)

retrieve PDF BUCKY Parameter Sweeps Using Condor -- a Powerful Analysis Tool; Milad Fatenejad, Paul Wilson, Gregory Moses, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (4 pages, 201 kB)

retrieve PDF Calculations of the Response of Inertial Fusion Energy Materials to X-ray and Ion Irradiation on Z and RHEPP; Robert R. Peterson, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (15 pages, 1.3 MB)

retrieve PDF Status of Wisconsin Experiments to Simulate Helium Effects on W at High Temperature; G.L. Kulcinski, April 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, 9-10 April 2003]. (10 pages, 1.2 MB)

retrieve PDF Operating Windows in Tungsten-Coated Steel Walls; Jake Blanchard, April 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, 9-10 April 2003]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)

retrieve PDF Proposed Work - University of Wisconsin First Wall Battle Plan; G.L. Kulcinski, April 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, 9-10 April 2003]. (7 pages, 965 kB)

retrieve PDF Comparison of Proposed First Wall Experiments; Jake Blanchard, April 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, 9-10 April 2003]. (15 pages, 545 kB)

retrieve PDF The High Average Power Laser (HAPL) Project; Greg Moses and Gerald Kulcinski, April 22, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (12 pages, 799 kB)

retrieve PDF Stress and Yield Modeling in BUCKY; R.R. Peterson, September 2003 [poster presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (1 page, 369 kB)

retrieve PDF Building Tools for Atomic Data Calculations; Jiankui Yuan, September 2003 [poster presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (1 page, 1.2 MB)

retrieve PDF Investigations of the Richtmyer-Meshkov and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities; R. Bonazza, M.H. Anderson, J. Oakley, P. Brooks, P. Meekunnasombat, J. Niederhaus, B. Motl, D. Ranjan, C. Selig, J. White, September 2003 [poster presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (1 page, 3.0 MB)

retrieve PDF BUCKY Simulations of Tungsten RHEPP Experiments: Initial Temperature, Ion Type Effects and Stresses; R.R. Peterson, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (9 pages, 420 kB)

retrieve PDF Status of Tasks 1 and 3 for University of Wisconsin; G. Moses and M. Fatenejad, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (12 pages, 358 kB)

retrieve PDF Fracture of Tungsten in a HAPL Chamber; J.P. Blanchard, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (18 pages, 695 kB)

retrieve PDF Effect of Helium and Deuterium Implantation on Tungsten Surfaces at T>1000 C; Ben Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.R. Piefer, S.K. Murali, R.F. Radel, A. Wehmeyer, D. Boris, T. Uchytil, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (16 pages, 6.6 MB)

retrieve PDF Status of HAPL Tasks 1 and 3 for University of Wisconsin; G. Moses and M. Fatenejad, September 30, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (12 pages, 739 kB)

retrieve PDF Helium Implantation in Tungsten; B.B. Cipiti and G.L. Kulcinski, February 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, 5-6 February 2004, Atlanta GA]. (20 pages, 1.9 MB)

retrieve PDF Some Considerations in Preparation for Starting Study On the Design of a Dry Wall Blanket for HAPL; I.N. Sviatoslavsky and M.E. Sawan, February 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, 5-6 February 2004, Atlanta GA]. (18 pages, 369 kB)

retrieve PDF University of Wisconsin Chambers Work; J.F. Santarius, G.A. Moses, M. Fatenejad, February 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, 5-6 February 2004, Atlanta GA]. (11 pages, 468 kB)

retrieve PDF Progress in Analyzing HAPL Tungsten Candidate First Wall Materials; B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel, G.L. Kulcinski, June 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 2-3 June 2004, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA]. (18 pages, 1.7 MB)

retrieve PDF Neutronics Assessment of Self-Cooled Li Blanket Concept; M.E. Sawan, June 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 2-3 June 2004, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA]. (11 pages, 134 kB)

retrieve PDF A Self-Cooled Lithium Blanket Concept for HAPL; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, June 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 2-3 June 2004, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA]. (17 pages, 298 kB)

retrieve PDF Target Threat Ion Spectra - Fluid or Kinetic Model?; J.F. Santarius and G.A. Moses, June 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 2-3 June 2004, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA]. (7 pages, 310 kB)


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