The National Ignition Facility: The World's Largest Optics and Laser System

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5001, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Moses, Edward I ^a   Campbell, John H ^a   Stolz, Christopher J ^a   Wuest, Craig R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNITION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PLASMA THEORY;

LASER SYSTEMS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242661355     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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