The national ignition facility high-energy ultraviolet laser system

Optical Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-521

  Moses, Edward I ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High energy density physics; Inertial confinement fusion; Neodymium doped glass laser; Solid state laser

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS; NEODYMIUM-DOPED GLASS LASERS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SOLID-STATE LASERS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 4043179030     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2003.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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