Front-end sources of the LIL-LMJ fusion lasers: Progress report and prospects

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1427-1438

  Jolly, Alain ^a   Gleyze, J F ^a   Luce, J ^a   Coic, H ^a   Deschaseaux, G ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Integrated optics; Laser sources; Phase modulation; PM single mode fibers

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FUSION LASERS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038042462     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1563231     Document Type: Article

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