National ignition facility laser performance status

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3276-3303

  Haynam, C A ^a   Wegner, P J ^a   Auerbach, J M ^a   Bowers, M W ^a   Dixit, S N ^a   Erbert, G V ^a   Heestand, G M ^a   Henesian, M A ^a   Hermann, M R ^a   Jancaitis, K S ^a   Manes, K R ^a   Marshall, C D ^a   Mehta, N C ^a   Menapace, J ^a   Moses, E ^a   Murray, J R ^a   Nostrand, M C ^a   Orth, C D ^a   Patterson, R ^a   Sacks, R A ^a   Shaw, M J ^a   Spaeth, M ^a   Sutton, S B ^a   Williams, W H ^a   Widmayer, C C ^a   White, R K ^a   Yang, S T ^a   Van Wonterghem, B M ^a   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; IGNITION SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVELENGTH;

IGNITION DESIGNS; LASER WAVELENGTH; TEMPORAL PULSE SHAPING;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 34547368948     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003276     Document Type: Article

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