ThisarticledescribesthefabricationofasuiteoflasertargetsbytheTargetFabricationgroupintheCentralLaserFacility(CLF),STFCRutherfordAppletonLaboratoryforthefirstacademic-accessexperimentontheOrionlaserfacility(Hoppsetal.,Appl.Opt.52,3597–3601(2013))atAtomicWeaponsEstablishment(AWE).Thisexperiment,partofthePOLARproject(Falizeetal.,Astrophys.SpaceSci.336,81–85(2011);Busschaertetal.,NewJ.Phys.15,035020(2013)),studiedconditionsrelevanttotheradiation-hydrodynamicprocessesoccurringinaremarkableclassofastrophysicalstarsystemsknownasmagneticcataclysmicvariables.Alargenumberofcomplexfabricationtechnologiesandresearchanddevelopmentactivitieswererequiredtofieldatotalof80high-specificationtargets.Targetdesignandfabricationproceduresaredescribedandinitialalignmentandcharacterizationdataarediscussed.
