National Ignition Facility commissioning and performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5341, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-65

  Van Wonterghem, B M ^a   Burkhart, S C ^a   Haynam, C A ^a   Manes, K R ^a   Marshall, C D ^a   Murray, J E ^a   Spaeth, M L ^a   Speck, D R ^a   Sutton, S B ^a   Wegner, P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion lasers; Neodymium; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); INSTALLATION; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOLID STATE LASERS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

POSITIONING; TARGET ALIGNMENT; TARGET CHAMBERS;

RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

EID: 3142692513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.538464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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