Individual targets are inserted through an airlock. Three-axis target viewing cameras have 20 m resolution. Various filtered x-ray power and spectral diagnostics can be installed as needed. These cover the energy range of 0 to 35 keV. Static x-ray pinhole cameras are also available. Most optical and target diagnostics are available for either the main target chamber or the ultrahigh-irradiance chamber.
Trident is available to Laboratory and outside experimenters.
The quality of proposed research and its relevance to Laboratory missions are major criteria in determining what experiments are fielded. ICF Program Office. We are actively pursuing a facility upgrade to the Trident laser on the 1999 timescale. For single-sided, long pulse illumination, Trident Upgrade will have similar capabilities to those of the world's 2 most powerful lasers, Omega and Nova, but with capability of both classified shots and the use of special nuclear materials. In addition, Trident Upgrade will function as a premier calibration, prototyping, staging facility for the NIF and provide a local facility for the LANL weapons physics program to prepare experimental concepts with high shot rate.