To achieve high compression of direct drive targets it is principally important to guarantee highly homogeneous illumination of the target. Compressions of approximately 10⁴ require degree of homogeneity of 1 - 2%. It is suggested that in the high-power laser facilities being developed and projected now (Omega Upgrade, NIF, LMJ, Iskra- 6) various methods of intensity distribution smoothing will be used to achieve such homogeneity. In this report the efficiency of some smoothing methods is considered using 1D numerical modeling.

Date Published: 8 December 1997
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 3047, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference, (8 December 1997); doi: 10.1117/12.294255

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3047:
Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion: Second Annual International Conference
Michel L. Andre, Editor(s)