Multi-megajoule NIF: Ushering in a new era in high energy density science

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7005, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moses, E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) emission; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); National Ignition Facility (NIF); Photon Science (PS)

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; EXPERIMENTS; IGNITION; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

HIGH ENERGY DENSITY SCIENCE; HIGH-POWER LASERS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION (ICF) EMISSION; LASER SYSTEMS; LASER WAVELENGTHS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LLNL); NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY (NIF); NATIONAL SECURITIES; PHOTON SCIENCE (PS); PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SCIENCE ACTIVITIES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 50249160509     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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