Status and development of high-power laser facilities at the NLHPLP

• Published in: High power laser science and engineering Vol. 6
• Main Authors: Zhu, Jianqiang, Zhu, Jian, Li, Xuechun, Zhu, Baoqiang, Ma, Weixin, Lu, Xingqiang, Fan, Wei, Liu, Zhigang, Zhou, Shenlei, Xu, Guang, Zhang, Guowen, Xie, Xinglong, Yang, Lin, Wang, Jiangfeng, Ouyang, Xiaoping, Wang, Li, Li, Dawei, Yang, Pengqian, Fan, Quantang, Sun, Mingying, Liu, Chong, Liu, Dean, Zhang, Yanli, Tao, Hua, Sun, Meizhi, Zhu, Ping, Wang, Bingyan, Jiao, Zhaoyang, Ren, Lei, Liu, Daizhong, Jiao, Xiang, Huang, Hongbiao, Lin, Zunqi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: Focus on National Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics, SIOM; inertial confinement fusion; solid-state amplifier; high-power laser facility
• ISSN: 2095-4719; 2052-3289
• DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2018.46

In this paper, we review the status of the multifunctional experimental platform at the National Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics (NLHPLP). The platform, including the SG-II laser facility, SG-II 9th beam, SG-II upgrade (SG-II UP) facility, and SG-II 5 PW facility, is operational and available for interested scientists studying inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and a broad range of high-energy-density physics. These facilities can provide important experimental capabilities by combining different pulse widths of nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond scales. In addition, the SG-II UP facility, consisting of a single petawatt system and an eight-beam nanosecond system, is introduced including several laser technologies that have been developed to ensure the performance of the facility. Recent developments of the SG-II 5 PW facility are also presented.