Beam combined laser fusion driver with high power and high repetition rate using stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugation mirrors and self-phase-locking

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Kong, Hong Jin ^a   Lee, Seong K U ^a   Lee, Dong Won ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beam combination; Laser fusion driver; Phase locking; Stimulated brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

BEAM COMBINATION; LASER FUSION DRIVER; PHASE LOCKING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

LASER FUSION;

EID: 18844437843     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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