Survey of Laser Markets Relevant to Inertial Fusion Energy Drivers, information for National Research Council

Bayramian, A. J. ; Deri, R. J. ; Erlandson, A. C.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Thermonuclear Reactors;    Solid State Lasers;    Commercialization;    42 Engineering;    Excimer Lasers;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1021064
RP-ID  :  LLNL-TR-474151
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  1021064

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Development of a new technology for commercial application can be significantly accelerated by leveraging related technologies used in other markets. Synergies across multiple application domains attract research and development (R and D) talent - widening the innovation pipeline - and increases the market demand in common components and subsystems to provide performance improvements and cost reductions. For these reasons, driver development plans for inertial fusion energy (IFE) should consider the non-fusion technology base that can be lveraged for application to IFE. At this time, two laser driver technologies are being proposed for IFE: solid-state lasers (SSLs) and KrF gas (excimer) lasers. This document provides a brief survey of organizations actively engaged in these technologies. This is intended to facilitate comparison of the opportunities for leveraging the larger technical community for IFE laser driver development. They have included tables that summarize the commercial organizations selling solid-state and KrF lasers, and a brief summary of organizations actively engaged in R and D on these technologies.