Synthetic aperture compression scheme for a multipetawatt high-energy laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 6013-6021

  Blanchot, N ^a   Marre, G ^a   Neauport J ^a   Sibe E ^a   Rouyer, C ^a   Montant, S ^b   Cotel, A ^c   Le Blanc, C ^c   Sauteret, C ^c  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MIRRORS;

GRATING MOSAIC PHASING; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE COMPRESSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33749849693     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006013     Document Type: Article

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