Laser pulse stacking method

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:868577

Moses, Edward I ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

A laser pulse stacking method is disclosed. A problem with the prior art has been the generation of a series of laser beam pulses where the outer and inner regions of the beams are generated so as to form radially non-synchronous pulses. Such pulses thus have a non-uniform cross-sectional area with respect to the outer and inner edges of the pulses. The present invention provides a solution by combining the temporally non-uniform pulses in a stacking effect to thus provide a more uniform temporal synchronism over the beam diameter.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5168400
• OSTI ID: 868577
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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