High-power optical coatings for a megajoule class ICF laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1780, Issue , 1993, Pages

  Kozlowski, Mark R ^a   Thomas, Ian M ^a   Campbell, Jack H ^a   Rainer, Frank ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; GLASS LASERS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LENSES; MULTILAYERS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SOL-GELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; LASER FUSION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL COATINGS;

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MULTILAYERS; HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS; LASER CONDITIONING; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; PROTECTIVE ORGANIC COATINGS;

ORGANIC COATINGS; NUCLEAR FUSION REACTIONS;

HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0027211487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.983267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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