The impact of beam smoothing method on direct drive target performance for the NIF

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3047, Issue , 1997, Pages 736-745

  Rothenberg, Joshua E ^a   Weber, Stephen V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; PHASE MODULATION; TARGETS;

DIRECT-DRIVE TARGETS; GENERALIZED PHASE; INDUCED SPATIAL INCOHERENCES; NON-LINEAR HYDRODYNAMICS; SINUSOIDAL PHASE MODULATION; SMOOTHING BY SPECTRAL DISPERSIONS; SMOOTHING METHODS; SURFACE PERTURBATIONS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 1242282570     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.294251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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