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High energy krypton fluoride amplifiers for laser-induced fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J. A. Sullivan  and
C. W. von Rosenberg Jr.
J. A. Sullivan
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663 MSE548, Los Alamos, NM 87545
C. W. von Rosenberg Jr.
Affiliation:
AVCO Everett Research Laboratory, 2385 Revere Beach Parkway, Everett, MA 02149
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Abstract

This paper discusses the general requirements for inertial confinement fusion, technology requirements and choices, overall efficiencies, and laser system costs for scaling krypton fluoride amplifiers to high energy, and describes the design of a 100 kilojoule double-pass KrF power amplifier.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 91 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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