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Athena — an advanced Nd: glass laser driver for ICF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

W. H. Lowdermilk
W. H. Lowdermilk
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 5508, Livermore, CA 94550
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Abstract

The design for an advanced, flash-lamp-pumped Nd: glass laser for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research and applications is summarized. The laser consists of multiple beam lines, each of which delivers 145-kJ, O.35-μm, 8-ns laser pulses, with pulse shape and bandwidth capabilities consistent with requirements for driving ICF capsules to high gain.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 297 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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