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Agenda for High Average Power Laser Program Workshop

General Atomics, San Diego, CA

Building 7/217
August 8 and 9, 2006
Tuesday, Aug  8, 2006  (Morning)
INTRODUCTION

8:00 - 8:30

(30)

Hospitality

All

8:30 - 8:45

(15)

Welcome by General Atomics

E. Michael Campbell

8:45 - 9:05

(20)

Introduction

J. Sethian (NRL)

LASERS (Session chair TBA)

9:05 - 9:30

(20 + 5)

Electra (KrF) Laser Development

M. Wolford (NRL)

9:30 - 9:55

(20 + 5)

Mercury  (DPPSL) Laser Development

A. Bayramian (LLNL)

BREAK

9:55 –10:10

(15)

 

 

TARGET PHYSICS (Session chair TBA)

10:10 - 10:35

(20 + 5)

NRL Target Physics Experiments

J. Weaver (NRL)

10:35 - 11:00

(20 + 5)

HAPL Target Physics

J. Perkins (LLNL)

11:00 - 11:20

(15 + 5)

UW First-Wall Threat Spectra Calculations

G. Moses

J. Santarius (Wisc)

11:20 - 11:30

(10)

Target Physics Discussions

All

POWER PLANT ECONOMICS

11:30 - 11:55

(20 + 5)

Systems modeling update, including Magnetic Intervention

W. Meier (LLNL)

Group Photo

11:55 - 12:00

(5)

Like Smile, dude

All

LUNCH (ROOM 7/215)

12:00 - 1:00

(60)

Lunch (hosted by General Atomics)

All



Tuesday, Aug  8, 2006 (Afternoon)

FIRST WALL ARMOR: GENERAL (Chair TBA)

1:00-1:30

(25 + 5)

HAPL Material Working Group Activities

L. Snead

 

FIRST WALL ARMOR: THERMOMECHANICS (Chair TBA)

1:30- 1:50

(15 + 5)

RHEPP (IONS).  Effect of wall melt

T. Renk (SNL)

1:50 - 2:10

(15 + 5)

Dragonfire (Laser)

F. Najmabadi (UCSD)

2:10 - 2:15

(5)

Discussion

All

FIRST WALL ARMOR: HELIUM RETENTION (Chair TBA)

2:15 - 2:35

(15 + 5)

Effect of High Temperature Helium Ion implantation on the Surface Morphology of SiC Composites

S. Zenobia, R. Radel,
J. Kulcinski (Wisc)

2:35 - 2:55

(15 + 5)

UNC He Implantation and Desorption Results

N. Parikh (UNC)

G. Downing (NIST)

2:55 - 3:00

(5)

Discussion of He Retention

All

POSTER BREAK-1 (ROOM 7/215)

3:00 – 3:40

(40)

Posters will be up for one time only!!!

All

FIRST WALL ARMOR: MODELING  (Chair TBA)

3:40 - 4:05

(20 + 5)

Ion Implantation and Temperature Modeling

Qiyang Hu (UCLA)

4:05 - 4:30

(20 + 5)

1) Simulation of IEC Surface Pores

2) Tungsten Steel bond Strength

S. Sharafat  (UCLA)

4:30 - 4:50

(15 + 5)

Temperature response of armor materials with chamber gas + ion diversion via cusp fields.

T. Heltemes (Wisconsin)

OPEN DISCUSSION ON ADVANCED FW ARMOR CONCEPTS

4:50 - 5:30

(40)

Examples:

    Engineered walls

    Moving solid

    Momentary Liquid Walls (MLW)

Prepared talks encouraged, 2-3 VG max, please!!

R. Raffray, Moderator

Tour & Dinner of Scripps Birch Aquarium …Hosts General Atomics and UCSD

6:00

Scripps Birch Aquarium Opens
Hosted Bar, Side Discussions(your "GA/HAPL Badge" admits you)

 

7:00

Dinner, Aquarium Patio

 

Wednesday, Aug  9, 2006-(morning)

HOSPITALITY

8:00 - 8:30

(30)

Hospitality

All

FINAL OPTICS  (Session Chair TBA)

8:30 - 8:50

(15 + 5)

GIMM issues…

1) robustness vs efficiency

2) electro-plate vs evaporative coatings

3) latest high precision results, and more

M Tillack (UCSD)

8:50 - 9:15

(20 + 5)

A comparison of optical trains based on a GIMM or a Dielectric Mirror final optic

M. McGeoch (PLEX)

9:15 - 9:40

(20 + 5)

Nuclear Assessment for Final Optics of HAPL

M. Sawan (Wisconsin)

9:40 - 9:55

(15)

Optical lifetime testing and evaluation

Zhi Laio (LLNL)

9:55 - 10:10

(15)

Discussion on Optical Lifetime testing and evaluation

A. Bayramian

BREAK

10:10–10:25

(15)

 

 

CHAMBERS-blankets, neutronics,  materials  (Session Chair TBA)

10:25 - 10:50

(20 + 5)

Ion dump issues for Magnetic Intervention

R. Raffray (UCSD)

10:50 - 11:15

(20 + 5)

Neutronics study of blanket options for the Magnetic Intervention case

M. Sawan (Wisconsin)

11:15 - 11:40

(20 + 5)

Design, fabrication and maintenance considerations of blanket options for Magnetic Intervention

G. Sviatoslavsky, (Wisc)

11:40 - 12:05

(20 + 5)

Materials Compatibility Studies for all
Dry-wall IFE 
Blanket Systems

P. Sharpe (INEL)

P. Calderoni  (INEL)

12:05 - 12:10

(5)

Chambers discussion

All

LUNCH (ROOM 7/215)

12:10 - 1:10

(60)

Lunch

All


Wednesday, Aug  9, 2006-(Afternoon)

TRITIUM   (Session chair TBA)

1:10 - 1:30

(15 + 5)

Target Chamber Tritium Recovery, Reprocessing, Purification

C. Gentile (PPPL)

TARGET FABRICATION  (Session chair TBA)

1:30 - 1:40

(10)

Overview of target fabrication, injection, and engagement: progress and challenges

D. Goodin (GA)

1:40 - 2:05

(20 + 5)

Progress in Target Fabrication Development

Jared Hund (GA)

2:05 - 2:30

(20 + 5)

Progress Towards Mass-Production Target Layering

N. Alexander (GA)

2:30 - 2:50

(15 + 5)

Update on Solid DT Studies

J. Hoffer and D Geller

(LANL)

2:50 – 3:15

(20 + 5)

Cryogenic Target Experiences on Omega

D. Harding (LLE)

3:15 - 3:25

(10)

Target Fabrication Discussions

All

TARGET  INJECTION & ENGAGEMENT   (Session chair TBA)

3:25 - 3:45

(15 + 5)

Update on Target Injection

R. Petzoldt (GA)

3:45 - 4:05

(15 + 5)

Progress in Target Tracking Demonstrations

L. Carlson(UCSD)

4:05 – 4:15

(10)

Target Injection/ Engagement Discussions

All

 

WRAP UP

4:15- 4:25

(10)

Wrap up

Next meeting date and location

J. Sethian (NRL)


Posters
August 8 only
Room 7-215  

Posters can be set up after 2:15 on August 8,
must be taken down by 5:45 August 8

 

Author

Affiliation

(lead author)

Poster Title

  1.  

Barry McQuillan

GA

Modeling of Shell Centering

  1.  

Charles.Gentile

PPPL

Target Chamber Exhaust & Blanket Processing

  1.  

David Rose

Voss

Progress in Magnetic Intervention Simulations

  1.  

Jason Bousquet

GA

GDP Overcoating with a Mass-Production System

  1.  

Tom Lorentz

UCSD

A Drop Tower for Development of Target Tracking

  1.  

Jon Spalding

UCSD

Doppler Tracking for IFE

  1.  

Jeff Latkowski

LLNL

Detailed design of a six-color optical pyrometer and subsystem testing results

  1.  

David Harding

M. Bobecia

LLE

Target Heating Experiments

  1.  

S. S. Harilal,
J. Pulsifer
and M. S. Tillack

UCSD

“Performance improvements to the UCSD mirror test facility using an oscillator - amplifier configuration”

10.
J. Pulsifer,
M. S.Tillack,
J. Hollingsworth,
L. Carlson
UCSD “Laser-induced damage testing of metal mirrors: fluence-life data and surface analysis”
11.

J. Hollingsworth,
J. Pulsifer and
M.S. Tillack

UCSD “Fabrication techniques for Al and Al alloy optical
coatings for the GIMM”
12.
Bill Goodman Schafer Corp “Candidate Mirror Technologies For the Grazing
Incidence Metal Mirror (GIMM)”
13.
C. Ebbers et al LLNL “Concepts for Short-pulse Laser Capability on the Mercury Laser System”
14.
T. Knowles ESLI “Carbon-Carbon Velvet: configurations and current applications (Cathodes, Beam Dumps, Sputter Resistant Materials)”