Laser Science
The laser science team works with the project management team to clearly define and coordinate laser science aspects of the project. They are responsible for the overall design of the laser system, working as a bridge between Laser Science and others to ensure that the technical and functional requirements are met.
Design
The design team is responsible for developing requirements and concepts for beam focusing, co-timing, and co-pointing. The design effort also includes multiple focusing geometries and on-target pulse width adjustability.
Prototyping
The prototyping team addresses the three areas of highest risk that have been identified for the RI-1 project:
- The development of actively cooled disk amplifiers (ACoDA),
- The development of a manufacturing process to produce large aperture gratings, and
- The manufacturing process for growing large boules of highly uniform deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate (DKDP) crystals.
The demonstration of these prototypes and processes will allow a future implementation project to be ready for final design in the first one to two years.
