Abstract

A front-end laser system for the KrF inertial confinement fusion laser is being assembled at Los Alamos. This laser system provides the initial 5-nsec KrF pulse, which is temporally and spatially multiplexed into 96 beams of 5-nsec duration to drive efficiently long-pulse (500-nsec) electron-beam-pumped amplifiers. Using a Pockets cell and crossed polarizers, a 5-nsec pulse is sliced from the 25-nsee pulse from a discharge-pumped injection-locked KrF laser which provides a high-quality KrF beam.

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