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Applications of the colliding shock lens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

M.M. Michaelis ,
N. Lisi ,
R. Kuppen ,
R. Buccellato  and
A. Prause
M.M. Michaelis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
N. Lisi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
R. Kuppen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
R. Buccellato
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
A. Prause
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Abstract

The colliding shock lens is described briefly. Possible applications, industrial drilling and cutting, laser Q-switching and spatial filtering, ultrahigh-power applications, and “all gas lasers” are proposed. The time evolution, scaleability, and repetition rate operation are investigated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 531 - 538
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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