Plastic aerogel targets and optical transparency of undercritical microheterogeneous plasma

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-664

  Borisenko, N G ^a   Khalenkov, A M ^a   Kmetik, V ^b   Limpouch, J ^c   Merkuliev, Yu A ^a   Pimenov, V G ^d  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENERGY FLUX; MICROHETEROGENEOUS PLASMAS; PLASMA HOMOGENIZATION; PLASTIC AEROGEL TARGETS;

TARGETS;

EID: 34250671911     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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