How Can the L.I.F.E Facility Achieve 10Hz Shot Frequencies?

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The life facility aims to achieve shot frequencies of 10Hz, but faces significant challenges, primarily the heating of optics, which currently requires hours of cooling between shots. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is exploring diode lasers for their efficiency and compact size, hoping that combined with forced cooling, they can mitigate heating issues. Additionally, transitioning to 10Hz will necessitate a new method for target injection into the chamber, raising concerns about aiming accuracy and potential debris from ignited pellets affecting subsequent shots. These technical hurdles must be addressed to successfully implement the desired shot frequency. Overall, achieving 10Hz involves overcoming both thermal management and operational challenges.
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Does anyone know how the life facility plans on getting shot frequencies of 10hz? Also what are the challenges to this?
 
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One of the big issues in going 10Hz is heating of the optics. Right now NIF has to wait hours between shots in-part to let the optics cool.

I know that LLNL is interested in diode lasers. As I understand it these lasers are more efficient and smaller then what they use at NIF. The hope is that when combined with some sort of forced cooling of the optics, the enhanced efficiency will be enough to solve the optics heating issues.

There are other issues too. Currently NIF targets are held in place, but a 10Hz they targets will have to injected into the chamber. Thus there are issues with aiming and targeting the pellets. Also there are concerns about debris of an ignited pellet interfering with the impulsion of a subsequent shot.
 

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