Next-Generation Laser for Inertial Confinement Fusion

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Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 318-325

  Marshall, C ^a   Bibeau, C ^a   Bayramian, A ^a   Beach, R ^a   Ebbers, C ^a   Emanuel, M ^a   Freitas, B ^a   Fulkerson, S ^a   Honea, E ^a   Krupke, B ^a   Lawson, J ^a   Orth, C ^a   Payne, S ^a   Petty, C ^a   Powell, H ^a   Schaffers, K ^a   Skidmore, J ^a   Smith, L ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Telford, S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; MERCURY (METAL); PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER; ENERGY; HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY-PHYSICS; INERTIAL-CONFINEMENT FUSIONS; LASER ARCHITECTURE; LASER SYSTEMS; MERCURY LASERS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; SCALABLE LASERS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0038802721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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