Petawatt laser system and experiments

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 676-688

  Pennington, D M ^a   Brown, C G ^a   Cowan, T E ^a   Hatchett, S P ^a   Henry, E ^a   Herman, S ^a   Kartz, M ^a   Key, M ^a   Koch, J ^a   MacKinnon, A J ^a   Perry, M D ^a   Phillips, T W ^a   Roth, M ^b   Sangster, T C ^a   Singh, M ^a   Snavely, R A ^a   Stoyer, M ^a   Stuart, B C ^a   Wilks, S C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRONS; IONS; IRRADIATION; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PHOTONS;

ADAPTIVE OPTIC WAVEFRONT CONTROL; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEAR ACTIVATION TECHNIQUE; PARABOLIC MIRROR; PETAWATT LASER SYSTEM;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0034217332     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.883382     Document Type: Article

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