Reduction of laser imprinting using polarization smoothing on a solid-state fusion laser

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3444-3447

  Boehly, T R ^a   Smalyuk, V A ^a   Meyerhofer, D D ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   Bradley, D K ^a   Craxton, R S ^a   Guardalben, M J ^a   Skupsky, S ^a   Kessler, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SPECKLE;

LASER BEAM SMOOTHING; LASER IMPRINTING; POLARIZATION SMOOTHING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032607189     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.369702     Document Type: Article

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