Prepulse-Free Petawatt Laser for a Fast Ignitor

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-293

  Kitagawa, Yoneyoshi ^a   Fujita, Hisanori ^a   Kodama, Ryosuke ^a   Yoshida, Hidetsugu ^a   Matsuo, Satoshi ^a   Jitsuno, Takahisa ^a   Kawasaki, Tetsuji ^a   Kitamura, Hisao ^a   Kanabe, Tadashi ^a   Sakabe, Shuji ^a   Shigemori, Keisuke ^a   Miyanaga, Noriaki ^a   Izawa, Yasukazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse amplification; Fast ignitor; Optical parametric chirped amplification system (OPCPA); Petawatt laser

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SYNCHRONIZATION;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA); FAST IGNITOR; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM (OPCPA); PETAWATT LASERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 12144287564     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.823043     Document Type: Article

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