Pulse Compressor
NIF Senior Mechanical Technologist Drew Willard adjusts a pulse compressor, part of the optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser system in LLNL’s Advanced Concepts Laboratory. This ultrashort pulsed laser system is used for laser technology research and development in small-scale proof-of-principle experiments. It also tests and qualifies the resistance of various types of optics to laser-induced damage, which quantifies and validates the operational limits of NIF’s
Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC) laser system.
Credit: Jason Laurea
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