Grazing incidence liquid metal mirrors (GILMM) for radiation hardened final optics for laser inertial fusion energy power plants

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 51-52, Issue , 2000, Pages 1121-1128

  Moir, R W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIQUID METALS; MIRRORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION HARDENING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION;

GRAZING INCIDENCE LIQUID METAL MIRRORS (GILMM); LASER INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY;

LASER FUSION;

EID: 0034314666     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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