Technical challenges for the future of high energy lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6454, Issue , 2007, Pages

  LaFortune, K N ^a   Hurd, R L ^a   Fochs, S N ^a   Rotter, M D ^a   Pax, P H ^a   Combs, R L ^a   Olivier, S S ^a   Brase, J M ^a   Yamamoto, R M ^a  

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Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Directed energy; DPSSL; High energy laser; Laser beam control; Solid state lasers; Wavefront control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; SOLID STATE LASERS; WAVEFRONTS;

DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS; LASER BEAM CONTROL; SOLID-STATE HEAT CAPACITY LASER (SSHCL); WAVEFRONT CONTROL;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 34247384610     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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