Technology/Business Opportunity Methods of Forming Transient Optical Components in... Tender

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Country : USA

Summary : Technology/Business Opportunity Methods of Forming Transient Optical Components in a Plasma Medium for the Manipulation of Ultra-High Power Optical Beams

Deadline : 24 Apr 2023

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 81319459

Document Ref. No. : IL-13725andIL-13730

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

Opportunity:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its novel methods of forming transient optical components in a plasma medium for the manipulation of ultra-high power optical beams.



Background:

The demands that inertial fusion experiments place on their drivers have made the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) the largest laser facility in the world, including the large final optics that direct each beam to the target. A future Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) power plant will need to provide more laser energy at a dramatically increased repetition rate, which poses two challenges: the optical components of these driving lasers must either be larger or more damage resistant to support higher energy and must be able to withstand many more shots before replacement. Since we can expect significant debris, x-ray, neutron, and backscatter fluxes from the target, protecting the final laser optics is a substantial challenge. Any effort to make a more compact laser for delivering IFE-relevant energies to target will also require a fundamental change in optics technology.



Description:

This invention concerns a new type of optic: a transient gas or plasma volume grating produced indirectly by small secondary lasers or directly by nonlinear processes using the primary beams themselves. When used in conjunction with advantageously placed shielding it offers a means of protecting the final optical components of a high-repetition-rate IFE facility. These transmission optics are based on induced index of refraction modulation in a gas or plasma and can be used for beam steering and focusing. Critically, they are orders-of-magnitude mor...
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Notice ID : IL-13725andIL-13730
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Department/Ind. Agency : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Office : LLNS – DOE CONTRACTOR
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-07:00) PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, LOS ANGELES, USA
Updated Published Date: Apr 05, 2023 08:48 pm PDT
Original Published Date: Mar 23, 2023 09:01 am PDT
Updated Response Date: Apr 24, 2023 09:00 am PDT
Original Response Date: Mar 23, 2023 09:00 am PDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Updated Inactive Date: May 09, 2023
Original Inactive Date: Apr 24, 2023
Initiative: None

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NAICS Code: 333248 - All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Livermore, CA USA

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