Effect of laser pulse duration on damage to metal mirrors for laser IFE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6720, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pulsifer, John E ^a   Tillack, Mark S ^a   Harilal, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hyperion Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Final optic; Inertial fusion; Metal mirror

Indexed keywords

GRAZING INCIDENCE; HIGH-POWER LASERS; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY (IFE); LASER PULSE DURATIONS; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE; METAL MIRRORS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET);

FUSION REACTIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASERS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICS; PIGMENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 45549100224     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.752940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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