Detection of off-normal images for NIF automatic alignment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5907, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Candy, James V ^a   Awwal, Abdul A S ^a   Mcclay III, Wilbert A ^a   Ferguson, S Walter ^a   Burkhart, Scott ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT; FOCUSING EFFECT; HIGH ENERGY LASER BEAMS; OPTO-MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION;

CAMERA SHUTTERS; FOCUSING; IGNITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER BEAMS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 29844446663     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.621322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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