Comparison of beam-smoothing methods for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1664-1671

  Rothenberg, Joshua E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031536891     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001664     Document Type: Article

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