Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2007 · 14 citations · 2 references
PhotonicsElectrical EngineeringAdvanced Laser ProcessingEngineeringLaser SciencePhysicsSshcl DesignHeat-capacity LaserRelativistic Laser-matter InteractionApplied PhysicsComputer EngineeringTechnical ChallengesHigh-energy LasersLaser DesignDirected Energy WeaponsHigh-power LasersAccelerator TechnologyOptoelectronics
The SSHCL program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a multi‑generation laser development effort aiming for megawatt‑scale power, with current performance near 100 kW, and is part of a broader effort to use lasers as directed‑energy weapons, but faces common technical hurdles that must be addressed for viability. The paper presents an in‑depth discussion of the general issues facing state‑of‑the‑art high‑energy lasers and explores paths to their resolution. The authors present the SSHCL system design, its technological strengths and weaknesses, and recent experimental results. The study identifies numerous implementation challenges in the SSHCL, provides an overview of these issues and their resolutions, and presents recent experimental results.
The Solid-State, Heat-Capacity Laser (SSHCL) program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a multi-generation laser development effort scalable to the megawatt power levels with current performance approaching 100 kilowatts. This program is one of many designed to harness the power of lasers for use as directed energy weapons. There are many hurdles common to all of these programs that must be overcome to make the technology viable. There will be a in-depth discussion of the general issues facing state-of-the-art high energy lasers and paths to their resolution. Despite the relative simplicity of the SSHCL design, many challenges have been uncovered in the implementation of this particular system. An overview of these and their resolution are discussed. The overall system design of the SSHCL, technological strengths and weaknesses, and most recent experimental results will be presented.
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Solid state heat capacity disk laser
G. Albrecht, S. B. Sutton, Elizabeth George et al. · Laser and Particle Beams · 1998 · 44 citations
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