Direct-drive laser target designs for sub-megajoule energies

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Colombant, D G ^a   Schmitt, A J ^a   Obenschain, S P ^a   Zalesak, S T ^a   Velikovich, A L ^a   Bates, J W ^a   Fyfe, D E ^a   Gardner, J H ^b   Manheimer, W ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRA   (United States)

^c RSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; LASER ENERGY; LASER PLASMA INSTABILITIES;

CHEMICAL LASERS; FUSION REACTIONS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA STABILITY; WAVELENGTH;

TARGETS;

EID: 34249905849     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2730503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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