LLE Review, Volume 72 161 The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) with its OMEGA facility is part of the national laser-fusion effort within the U.S. Department of Energy and has as its main mission direct-drive laser-fusion research in support of the upcoming National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The upgraded OMEGA laser system has been in ope...

In recent years, many different plans have been considered to use the nuclear energy gained from inertial confinement fusion (ICF) as attempts to obtain high energy efficiencies. In conventional ICF methods, a small amount (about mg) of the deuterium–tritium compound is confined in a small spherical chamber of a few millimeters in radius and compressed by laser or heavy ion beams with powers in...

in this paper, a three-dimensional finite element model has been developed to simulate the laser-tig hybrid welding (hlaw) of stainless steel 1.4418 with thickness of 4 mm. transient temperature profile and dimensions of the fusion zone and heat affected zone (haz) during welding process are calculatedusing finite element method (fem) and were solved in the abaqus/standard software.the heat sou...

the aim of this project is to fabricated an aluminium-copper bimetal through the fusion method and examine its performance. an aluminium-copper-aluminium bimetal was built by the laser cladding method. the laser power as well as the annealing time effects on its interfacial properties of the bonding’s formed through the laser cladding were investigated. to fabricate the multilayer bimetal, the ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential technical advantages of the CO2 laser technology in mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgeries and report our preliminary clinical data on the safety and clinical outcomes. There is currently no literature discussing the recently redeveloped CO2 laser technology application for lumbar fusion. Safety and clinical outcomes...