The injection laser system on the national ignition facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6451, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bowers, Mark ^a   Burkhart, Scott ^a   Cohen, Simon ^a   Erbert, Gaylen ^a   Heebner, John ^a   Hermann, Mark ^a   Jedlovec, Don ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; High energy lasers; Lasers; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC LASER SYSTEMS; INJECTION DIAGNOSTICS; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY (NIF); OPTICAL PREAMPLIFIERS; PRE-AMPLIFIER MODULES (PAM);

AVAILABILITY; FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 34248399279     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.700478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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