Thermally-edge-controlled slab laser for inertial fusion energy and applications

2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 168-170

  Kurita, T ^a,b   Kawashima, T ^a,b   Ikegawa, T ^a,b   Matsumoto, O ^a,b   Yasuhara, R ^a,b   Sekine, T ^a,b   Kawanaka, J ^a   Miyanaga, N ^a   Nakatsuka, M ^a   Izawa, Y ^a   Kan, H ^c   Tsuchiya, Y ^c   Furukawa, H ^d   Kanabe, T ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING;

THERMALLY-EDGE-CONTROLLED SLAB LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 30844452928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cleo.2005.201714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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