Large area electron beam pumped krypton fluoride laser amplifier

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2357-2366

  Sethian, J D ^a   Obenschain, S P ^a   Gerber, K A ^a   Pawley, C J ^a   Serlin, V ^a   Sullivan, C A ^a   Webster, W ^b   Deniz, A V ^c   Lehecka, T ^c   McGeoch, M W ^d   Altes, R A ^e   Corcoran, P A ^e   Smith, I D ^e   Barr, O C ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PLEX Corporation   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Pharos Technical Enterprise   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SWITCHES;

CALIBRATED BARATRON TRANSDUCER; ELECTRON BEAM PUMPED SYSTEM; INTERNAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER AMPLIFICATION;

LASER FUSION;

EID: 0031168120     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1148118     Document Type: Article

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