Design and optical characterization of a large continuous phase plate for laser integration line and laser megajoule facilities

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2377-2382

  Néauport, Jérôme ^a   Ribeyre, Xavier ^a   Daurios, Jérôme ^a   Valla, Denis ^a   Lavergne, Martine ^a   Beau, Vincent ^a   Videau, Laurent ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETCHING; FUSED SILICA; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER FUSION;

LASER INTEGRATION LINE (LIL);

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 0041471026     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002377     Document Type: Article

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