Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system

Optics Communications

Volumn 133, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 495-506

  Boehly, T R ^a   Brown, D L ^a   Craxton, R S ^a   Keck, R L ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   Kelly, J H ^a   Kessler, T J ^a   Kumpan, S A ^a   Loucks, S J ^a   Letzring, S A ^a   Marshall, F J ^a   McCrory, R L ^a   Morse, S F B ^a   Seka, W ^a   Soures, J M ^a   Verdon, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLID STATE LASERS; TARGETS;

LASER SYSTEMS;

LASER FUSION;

EID: 0030782813     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00325-2     Document Type: Article

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