GARPUN-MTW: A hybrid Ti:Sapphire/KrF laser facility for simultaneous amplification of subpicosecond/nanosecond pulses relevant to fast-ignition ICF concept

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-451

  Zvorykin, V D ^a   Didenko, N V ^b   Ionin, A A ^a   Kholin, I V ^a   Konyashchenko, A V ^a   Krokhin, O N ^a   Levchenko, A O ^a   Mavritskii, A O ^b   Mesyats, G A ^a   Molchanov, A G ^a   Rogulev, M A ^a   Seleznev, L V ^a   Sinitsyn, D V ^a   Tenyakov, S Yu ^b   Ustinovskii, N N ^a   Zayarnyi, D A ^a  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Avesta Project Ltd   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

e beam pumped high power KrF laser system with short pluse Ti:Sapphire font end; Generation of ultra high intensity laser pulses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; SAPPHIRE; TIME DELAY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NANOSECOND PULSES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34548312113     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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