The mercury project: A high average power, gas-cooled laser for inertial fusion energy development

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Bayramian, A ^a   Armstrong, P ^a   Ault, E ^a   Beach, R ^a   Bibeau, C ^a   Caird, J ^a   Campbell, R ^a   Chai, B ^c   Dawson, J ^a   Ebbers, C ^a   Erlandson, A ^a   Fei, Y ^c   Freitas, B ^a   Kent, R ^a   Liao, Z ^a   Ladran, T ^a   Menapace, J ^a   Molander, B ^a   Payne, S ^a   Peterson, N ^a   Randles, M ^b   Schaffers, K ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Tassano, J ^a   Telford, S ^a   Utterback, E ^a   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Crystal Photonics Inc Sanford   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER FUSION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PUMPING (LASER);

INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGIES;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 35448975159     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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