Abstract
The Los Alamos CO2 laser-fusion program funding and manpower levels as well as the specifications of the future 100 kJ Antares laser are presented. Operationa characteristics of the Helios laser facility and current experiments with it ar described with an emphasis on new diagnostics for measuring the performance of “high-density” targets.
The Los Alamos program is coordinated by the Inertial Fusion Program Office under R. B. Perkins, with the bulk of the work performed in the Laser Division headed by G. H. McCall. The level of effort is indicated in Table I showing the totalmanpower (of all types, both scientific and support) and budget levels for the fiscal year which ended September 30, 1979. This effort is not expected to change significantly in the immediate future.
