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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
INNOVEN ENERGY LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
The present architecture utilizes a Nonlinear Scattering Aperture Combiner that does not need to be optically multiplexed and then drives a Direct Compressor stage that produces a large temporal compression ratio to pump a Fast Compressor. This eliminates the need for a separate array of ATDMs, multiplexing optical elements, and, at the approximate 10joule energy output required for ICF, reduces the number of mechanical elements and gas interfaces from the order of 10to about 10. In addition, this provides a large reduction of the volume of the gas containment region. In order to accomplish this, a technique for transversely segmenting by color and/or polarization of the optical extraction beams of the Direct Compressor has been invented. In particular, it emphasizes the simplicity and uniqueness of design of the Direct Compressor. The Direct Compressor is unique in terms of high fluence, high temporal compression ratios, and high stage gain, leading to a very large reduction in laser costs. It may separately have many other applications than ICF.