Comparison of optical beam smoothing techniques for inertial confinement fusion and improvement of smoothing by the use of zero-correlation masks

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1012-1022

  Lehmberg, R H ^a   Rothenberg, J E ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0012362868     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371973     Document Type: Review

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