The heat capacity disk laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3343, Issue , 1998, Pages 661-666

  Albrecht, George F ^a   Sutton, Steven B ^a   George, E V ^a   Sooy, Walter R ^a   Krupke, William F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33645632841     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321589     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. A publication with a broader and more quantitative discussion of the material sketched in this paper is in preparation.
2. "The National Ignition Facility: An Overview", ET&R, Dec. 1994, UCRL 52000-94-12. Available through LLNL Laser Program, Box 5508, Livermore, CA 94550
3. An excellent overview of the pertinent technology can be found in "Solid State Laser Engineering", by W. Koechner, Springer, 1996
4. The origins of the idea are annectotal and undocumented in the open literature, and may date back to the 1970's in several countries, including the US. Our own discussions began in 1990/91 during the "Defender" program. The first openly published material we are aware of is [5].
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6. see e.g. Burns: "Solid State Physics", Academic press 1990
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