Repetitively pulsed, high energy KrF lasers for inertial fusion energy

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Myers, M C ^a   Sethian, J D ^a   Giuliani, J L ^a   Lehmberg, R ^a   Kepple, P ^a   Wolford, M F ^b   Hegeler, F ^c   Friedman, M ^c   Jones, T C ^d   Swanekamp, S B ^e   Weidenheimer, D ^e   Rose, D ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Commonwealth Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^d RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAS LASERS; KRYPTON; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ELECTRON BEAM DIODES; FUSION POWER PLANTS; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; KRYPTON FLUORIDE (KRF);

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 19944400408     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/44/12/S16     Document Type: Article

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