THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT
Laser Development
The OEC resonantly stacks pulses from the coherently beam combined injection laser, increasing the pulse energy over 100,000x.
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High power, high efficiency, single mode source
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Seed laser & amplifiers are coherently beam combined for power scaling
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Modular, reliable, pulse shaped, and wavelength tunable
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CBC technology is proven in high energy lasers industrial & defense applications
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Highly reflective mirrors in vacuum tube for highest performance
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Locking the OEC to the injection laser stacks pulses over 100,000x
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Extremely cost-effective and reliable method for generating high energy laser pulses
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OEC technology is proven in LIGO gravitation wave detection applications
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Efficient, reliable, cost-effective laser system designed for unique needs of commercial fusion
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Modular architecture comprised of several hundred beams, nano sec pulse duration, 1 – 10 Hz repetition rate
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Broad bandwidth in aggregate for efficient, high gain, direct drive target excitation
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Ignition for laser-based fusion was proven by LLNL National Ignition Facility in 2022
