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Applications of Vacuum Technology in the NIF Laser System
John Hitchcock
Pete Biltoft
LLNL
UCRL-PRES-219314
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Agenda
• National Ignition Facility (NIF) missions
• Overview of the NIF
• Movies
• Description of N Vacuum Systems– Target Chamber– Spatial Filters– Plasma Electrode Pockels Cell– Diagnostic Vacuum Systems
• Summary
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Missions: The NIF laser system is being built to support important national security and research activities
• Stockpile stewardship• Development of laser fusion as an energy source• Astrophysics
Use any search engine & search for “NIF”.
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The NIF laser would not be possible without the ready availability of stock and custom vacuum hardware
• Vacuum pumps
– Roughing & high vacuum (turbos, cryos)
• Vacuum gauges
– Hot and cold cathode ion gauges, rough vacuum gauges, capacitance manometers
• Valves
– Large 36” electro pneumatic gate valves to KF-25 manual valves
• Feedthroughs
– Electrical, mechanical and fluid
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NIF Vacuum Volumes
System Volume (liters) Quantity Total Volume (liters)
NIF Target Chamber 750,000 1 750,000
Cavity Spatial Filters 44,000 24 1,056,000
Transport Spatial Filters 94,000 24 2,256,000
PDS 52,300 1 52,300
TARPOS 7,000 1 7,000
TASPOS 7,000 1 7,000
DANTE 380 1 380
DIM's 1,700 2 3,400
FFLEX 60 1 60
ARC (Not Installed Yet) 100,000 1 100,000
PEPC 65 48 3,120
SXI 300 1 300
PAM VRT-1 18 48 864
PAM VRT-2 18 48 864
VRT #1 18 192 3,456
VRT #2 4 48 192
VRT #3 18 96 1,728
538 4,242,664
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The NIF target chamber routinely achieves a pressure of < 5 x 10-6 Torr using a combination of roughing pumps, turbo pumps and cryo pumps
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The NIF target chamber contains ports for beamlines, laser diagnostics, vacuum pumps and gauges
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Alignment of the target is accomplished with a precision system called TASPOS
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View inside NIF target chamber showing target positioner and workers on manlift inside the vessel
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One quad of optics in the final optics assembly as seen from inside the target chamber. Stainless steel first wall panels surround the optics
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Installation of the final optics assemblies onto the NIF target chamber required skilled workers following stringent cleanliness protocols
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The target positioning system (TASPOS) includes a vacuum vessel with flexible track inside.
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Target positioning sensor during initial installation
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Target positioner inside TARPOS vacuum vessel
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Lower hemisphere of NIF target chamber showing final optics assemblies installed
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Target positioning system vacuum vessel during installation onto the NIF target chamber
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NIF spatial filters require one of the largest clean-room rated vacuum systems in the world
60 m
23.5m
TSF EndVessel (2x)
TSFBeam Tubes
TSF CenterVessel
CSF CenterVessel
CSF EndVessel (2x)
• 2300 tons of vessels
• 10–5 torr vacuum
• MIL STD 1246C level 100 — A/10 cleanliness
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Transport spatial filter vessels being installed. These vessels are evacuated to a pressure of ~ 5 x 10-5 Torr using turbo pumps
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The transport spatial filter vessels occupy a significant portion of each of the two laser bays
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Upper hemisphere of NIF target chamber showing beamlines and final optics assemblies
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1 x 1 PEPC in lab
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Beamlet PEPC
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Prototype of the Plasma Electrode Pockels Cell (PEPC) line replaceable unit (LRU) during testing
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PEPC prototype during developmental testing
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PEPC during mock assembly (note aluminum surrogates for optics)
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PEPC line replaceable unit on precision optical alignment fixture
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PEPC line replaceable unit on precision optical alignment fixture
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Utilities including foreline vacuum pump line supporting the Plasma electrode Pockels cell enter the LRU from the interface flange
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PEPC vacuum system (gas cell removed)
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Summary: The NIF laser system would not be possible without the technology and hardware provided by vacuum equipment manufacturers
Some of the specific components of the NIF laser that rely on vacuum equipment include:
• Vacuum relay telescopes in the preamplifier modules• Spatial filters• Amplifier flashlamps• Plasma Electrode Pockels Cell• Final Optics Assembly• Target chamber and target diagnostics• Precision Diagnostic System
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Back-up Slides
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Implosions conducted on NIF will be compared with computational models to optimize fusion experiments
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The first attempt at fusion will be made in 2010 using the indirect drive fusion process
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All 192 beams of the NIF laser will be focused onto a very small target
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The target assembly for direct drive is held at 19 K +/- a few mK using a two-stage GM cryo-cooler similar to those developed for cryo pumps
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In~ 2012 the NIF laser will be reconfigured for direct drive fusion
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The NIF beamline contains several key elements that rely upon creation of stable vacuum environments
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As a laser pulse moves through the NIF beamline it passes through a variety of optics and environments
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The lasing media for the NIF main amplifiers is neodymium-doped glass. Vacuum chucks are used to lift and position these slabs into LRUs
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Power lines that support operation of the main amplifier flashlamps. Each of the ~7000 flashlamp tubes is ~ 6 feet long and has an internal static vacuum. Flashlamps are expected to last > 20,000 shots.
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View of amplifier slabs from within the NIF beamline