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Publikováno v:
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 35:381-386
Detailed interferometric measurements of the induced thermal distortions due to laser-diode and xenon flashlamp pumping of Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ are presented. The thermal distortions are quantified in terms of the primary aberrations of defocus, astigmatis
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B. Yaakobi, R. L. McCrory, Mark D. Skeldon, D. D. Meyerhofer, Andrey V. Okishev, James Knauer, G. Pien, John H. Kelly, M. D. Wittman, S. J. Loucks, Semyon Papernov, L. D. Lund, W. Seka, P. W. McKenty, Douglas J. Smith, R. W. Short, J. M. Soures, C. P. Verdon, William R. Donaldson, S. F. B. Morse, Paul A. Jaanimagi, D. J. Lonobile, David K. Bradley, Reuben Epstein, D. R. Harding, T. A. Safford, R. S. Craxton, R. L. Keck, K. Kearney, F. J. Marshall, Terrance J. Kessler, R. E. Bahr, Vladimir Smalyuk, Ansgar W. Schmid, S. D. Jacobs, S. Skupsky, Robert Boni, Milton J. Shoup, T. R. Boehly, A. Babushkin, Robert Kremens, J. A. Delettrez, Jeremy D. Schnittman
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Fusion Engineering and Design. 44:35-42
The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) experimental program supports the US inertial confinement fusion (ICF) effort by investigating the requirements for attaining ignition using direct drive targets. The primary tool for this research is OMEGA,
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 34:286-291
We have modeled the temporal evolution of a shaped optical pulse injected into a feedback-stabilized regenerative amplifier (regen). We solve the coupled-rate and energy-transport equations including upper- and lower-laser-level lifetimes explicitly.
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P. W. McKenty, Ansgar W. Schmid, David K. Bradley, R. S. Craxton, A. Babushkin, K. Kearney, Milton J. Shoup, F. J. Marshall, L. D. Lund, S. F. B. Morse, D. D. Meyerhofer, W. Seka, G. Pien, Robert Kremens, T. R. Boehly, J. M. Soures, Ronald M. Epstein, D. R. Harding, J. P. Knauer, Mark D. Skeldon, William R. Donaldson, R. L. McCrory, Terrance J. Kessler, J. A. Delettrez, Samuel A. Letzring, S. J. Loucks, Semyon Papernov, John H. Kelly, Robert Boni, Andrey V. Okishev, S. D. Jacobs, Douglas J. Smith, R. Q. Gram, D. J. Lonobile, S. Skupsky, R. E. Bahr, M. D. Wittman, D. L. Brown, S. Swales, B. Yaakobi, Paul A. Jaanimagi, R. L. Keck, R. W. Short, C. P. Verdon
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Fusion Technology. 30:492-496
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a 192-beam, 1.8-MJ (ultraviolet) laser facility that is currently planned to start operating in 2002. The NIF mission is to provide data critical to this Nat...
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S. D. Jacobs, S. Skupsky, R. L. Keck, R. W. Short, C. P. Verdon, S. Swales, A. Babushkin, Mark D. Skeldon, R. E. Bahr, M. D. Wittman, Ansgar W. Schmid, S. J. Loucks, Semyon Papernov, R. L. McCrory, William R. Donaldson, Robert Kremens, P. W. McKenty, J. A. Delettrez, John H. Kelly, K. Kearney, S. F. B. Morse, D. J. Lonobile, Paul A. Jaanimagi, W. Seka, D. K. Bradley, S. A. Kumpan, J. M. Soures, Andrey V. Okishev, J. P. Knauer, D. L. Brown, Milton J. Shoup, T. R. Boehly, L. D. Lund, Douglas J. Smith, Terrance J. Kessler, Robert Boni, Reuben Epstein, R. S. Craxton, F. J. Marshall, D. D. Meyerhofer, G. Pien, Samuel A. Letzring, B. Yaakobi
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Physics of Plasmas. 3:2108-2112
OMEGA, a 60‐beam, 351 nm, Nd:glass laser with an on‐target energy capability of more than 40 kJ, is a flexible facility that can be used for both direct‐ and indirect‐drive targets and is designed to ultimately achieve irradiation uniformity
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Terrance J. Kessler, R. S. Craxton, James Knauer, S. D. Jacobs, S. Skupsky, S. A. Kumpan, R. L. McCrory, Thomas Boehly, J. M. Soures, Mark D. Skeldon, Samuel A. Letzring, R. W. Short, C. P. Verdon, W. Seka, John H. Kelly, Robert Kremens
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Laser and Particle Beams. 11:317-321
Validation of the direct-drive approach to inertial confinement fusion requires the development of a 351-nm wavelength, 30-kJ, 50-TW laser system with flexible pulse shaping and irradiation uniformity approaching 1%. An upgrade of the existing OMEGA
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W. Seka, Mark D. Skeldon, S. Skupsky, R. S. Craxton, R. W. Short, J. M. Soures, Terrance J. Kessler
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 28:1389-1399
Harmonic generation using a broadband input beam is studied theoretically and experimentally. Angular spectral dispersion is imposed on the input beam to improve the phase matching and thereby increase the conversion efficiency. The coupled amplitude
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Optics letters. 12(5)
The results of an experimental investigation of a new geometry for producing phase conjugation by Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing are presented. In this geometry, the four-wave mixing medium is carbon disulfide, and the backward-going pump wave i
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Mark D. Skeldon, Andrey V. Okishev, John H. Kelly, S. F. B. Morse, A. Babushkin, R. G. Roides, R. L. Keck, W. Seka, J. M. Soures
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CLEO '97., Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
The 60-beam, 40-kJ (UV) OMEGA laser system has now been operating for approximately one year.
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Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Postconference Edition. CLEO '99. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE Cat. No.99CH37013).
Summary form only given. The 60-beam OMEGA Nd:glass-based laser irradiates ICF targets with 30-kJ UV pulses with an arbitrary temporal pulse shape predetermined by the target design. The OMEGA front-end design requires a regenerative amplifier (regen