Optical propagation modeling for the National Ignition Facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5341, Issue , 2004, Pages 66-72

  Williams, Wade H ^a   Auerbach, Jerome M ^a   Henesian, Mark A ^a   Jancaitis, Kenneth S ^a   Manes, Kenneth R ^a   Mehta, Naresh C ^a   Orth, Charles D ^a   Sacks, Richard A ^a   Shaw, Michael J ^a   Widmayer, C Clay ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN PROFILES; ROD AMPLIFIERS; SLAB AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); FEEDBACK; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 3142711487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.538476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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