Prospects for high-gain, high yield National Ignition Facility targets driven by 2ω (green) light

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2738-2745

  Suter, L J ^a   Glenzer, S ^a   Haan, S ^a   Hammel, B ^a   Manes, K ^a   Meezan, N ^a   Moody, J ^a   Spaeth, M ^a   Divol, L ^a   Oades, K ^b   Stevenson, M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTER AMPLIFIERS; IGNITION TARGETS; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION (LPI);

BACKSCATTERING; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; FUSION REACTIONS; IGNITION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 2942601361     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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