Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions

Igumenshchev, I. V.; Froula, D. H.; Edgell, D. H.; Goncharov, V. N.; Kessler, T. J.; Marshall, F. J.; McCrory, R. L.; McKenty, P. W.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Michel, D. T.; Sangster, T. C.; Seka, W.; Skupsky, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.145001

Title: Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions

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Authors:: Igumenshchev, I. V.; Froula, D. H.; Edgell, D. H.; Goncharov, V. N.; Kessler, T. J.; Marshall, F. J.; McCrory, R. L.; McKenty, P. W.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Michel, D. T.; Sangster, T. C.; Seka, W.; Skupsky, S.

Publication Date:: 2013-04-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103996

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 110; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Igumenshchev, I. V., Froula, D. H., Edgell, D. H., Goncharov, V. N., Kessler, T. J., Marshall, F. J., McCrory, R. L., McKenty, P. W., Meyerhofer, D. D., Michel, D. T., Sangster, T. C., Seka, W., and Skupsky, S.. Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Igumenshchev, I. V., Froula, D. H., Edgell, D. H., Goncharov, V. N., Kessler, T. J., Marshall, F. J., McCrory, R. L., McKenty, P. W., Meyerhofer, D. D., Michel, D. T., Sangster, T. C., Seka, W., & Skupsky, S.. Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.145001

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                    Igumenshchev, I. V., Froula, D. H., Edgell, D. H., Goncharov, V. N., Kessler, T. J., Marshall, F. J., McCrory, R. L., McKenty, P. W., Meyerhofer, D. D., Michel, D. T., Sangster, T. C., Seka, W., and Skupsky, S.. Mon .  
"Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.145001.

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@article{osti_1103996,

  title        = {Laser-Beam Zooming to Mitigate Crossed-Beam Energy Losses in Direct-Drive Implosions},

  author       = {Igumenshchev, I. V. and Froula, D. H. and Edgell, D. H. and Goncharov, V. N. and Kessler, T. J. and Marshall, F. J. and McCrory, R. L. and McKenty, P. W. and Meyerhofer, D. D. and Michel, D. T. and Sangster, T. C. and Seka, W. and Skupsky, S.},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.145001},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 14,

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2013},

  month        = {4}

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