Design of a 50 TW / 20 J chirped-pulse amplification laser for high-energy-density plasma physics experiments at the Nevada Terawatt Facility of the university of Nevada

Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 626-629

  Erlandson, A C ^b   Astanovitskiy, A ^a   Batie, S ^a   Bauer, B ^a   Bayramian, A ^b   Caird, J A ^b   Ebbers, C ^b   Fuchs, J ^a   Faretto, H ^a   Glassman, J ^a   Ivanov, V ^a   LeGalloudec, B ^a   LeGalloudec, N ^a   Letzring, S ^c   Payne, S ^b   Stuart, B ^b   Cowan, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEPOSITION; LASER DESIGN; PULSE COMPRESSORS; SHORT-PULSE LASERS;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTON BEAMS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 19944433963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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