Rosemary Leary and Bob Hutchison in front of the OMEGA 24-beam Laser System

OMEGA 24-Beam Laser System Complete

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1980:

In January 1980, the construction of the 24-beam OMEGA uniform-irradiation facility was completed and a series of 24-beam performance tests were conducted and validated by a Department of Energy review. The system demonstrated a short-pulse power of 12.2 TW at a pulse width of 53 ps (minimum specified 7.5 TW) and a long pulse energy of 1.76 kJ at a pulse width of 273 ps (minimum specified was 1.2 kJ).

Image shown is Rosemary Leary and Bob Hutchison in front of the OMEGA 24-beam Laser System.

Rosemary Leary and Bob Hutchison in front of the OMEGA 24-beam Laser System