Beam nonuniformity effects on laser ablatively accelerated targets
- 15 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 37 (10) , 903-906
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91853
Abstract
We present results of a laser Doppler‐shift technique which gives the velocity profiles of ablatively accelerated targets. Measurements of the effects of laser beam nonuniformity on the target acceleration are presented and interpreted in the context of laser pellet fusion.Keywords
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