On the feasibility of a fiber-based inertial fusion laser driver

Optics Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 4075-4080

  Labaune, C ^a   Hulin, D ^b   Galvanauskas, A ^c   Mourou, G A ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUMPING (LASER); WAVEFRONTS;

FIBER DISTRIBUTION; INERTIAL FUSION LASER DRIVER; PULSE DURATION;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 44949151494     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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