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  1. JDSU providing optical components to NIF

    Article

    Thu, 2 Jul 2009

    … optic modulators for the new National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) laser system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Construction for NIF was completed earlier this year. The NIF is the world's highest-energy laser system that consists …

  2. Senate restores most of NIF funding

    Article

    Wed, 9 Nov 2005

    … funding for the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) project at Lawrence Livermore National ..... 2006 that includes $327.4 million for NIF --$141.9 million for construction ..... Administration had requested. According to LLNL, NIF is already more than 80% complete, and …

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  1. JDSU to supply lithium-niobate modulators for NIF

    Article

    Wed, 2 Feb 2005

    … modulators for the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) Project at the Lawrence Livermore National ..... Laboratory (LLNL). When completed in 2008, NIF is expected to be the largest laser in the ..... As part of this 192-beam laser system NIF is using custom designed and manufactured …

  2. Inertial Fusion: NIF hohlraum experiments yield first light

    Print

    Sun, 1 Jan 2006

    … experiments on the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ..... activating the first four laser beams in NIF to measure laser-beam propagation in ..... high plasma-filling conditions. One of NIF ’s unique characteristics is the ability …

  3. Change in approach recommended for NIF

    Article

    Mon, 21 Feb 2000

    … Criticism of the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ), common in recent months, reached an ..... panel issued a detailed report blasting both NIF management and its overseers. Because of ..... Last fall, officials notified the DoE that NIF was behind schedule and $350 million over …

  5. CVI wins $1 million NIF contract

    Article

    Mon, 27 Sep 2004

    … for laser optic assemblies to the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) operated by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL ..... a key supplier for the groundbreaking work being performed at NIF . We are particularly excited that we were chosen for our mounting …

  6. NIF laser sets records for neutron yield and laser energy

    Article

    Tue, 9 Nov 2010

    … Administration's National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) has set world records for neutron yield ..... yield record was set on Oct. 31, when the NIF laser fired 121 kJ of ultraviolet laser ..... Oct. 31 "neutron calibration" shot, NIF 's lasers were fired directly onto a DT …

  7. New U.S. GAO report criticizes NIF program

    Article

    Tue, 13 Apr 2010

    … critical of the National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) program and says that the late 2010 goal of ..... Laser Focus World has been following the NIF project closely; see these related stories: " NIF achieves symmetric capsule implosion ", " NIF …

  8. First successful intergation experiment at NIF

    Article

    Thu, 7 Oct 2010

    … CA – The National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) has completed its first integrated ignition ..... Rochester. With the completion of this test, NIF is beginning its next phase of the campaign ..... ignition in a laboratory environment. When NIF ’s lasers fire, more than one million joules …

  9. BREAKING NEWS: DOE takes aim as NIF stumbles

    Article

    Fri, 1 Jan 1999

    … construction of its National Ignition Facility ( NIF ) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ..... declared, "The underlying science at the NIF remains sound." Based on an investigative ..... sources, however, the real science at NIF -- in terms of thorough and objective inquiry …

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