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Los Alamos Krypton Fluoride Laser Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Reed J. Jensen
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS E548, Los Alamos, NM 87545

Abstract

In this paper we introduce designs that provide short duration megajoule pulses of ¼ micron wavelength light at efficiencies near ten percent.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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