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Laser Plasma Interaction Studies Relevant for Inertial Confinement Fusion

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Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena

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Several basic processes occurring during the interaction of laser irradiation with matter have been investigated by using the high power laser systems of the SERC Central Laser Facility. The main effort of the recent research concentrated on ICF related studies with improved laser illumination uniformity generated by Random Phase Plate (RPP) Arrays and Induced Spatial Incoherence (ISI) techniques or a combination of both. In addition, highly transient plasmas have been produced by a prepulse-free 12 ps high power Raman shifted KrF laser pulse.

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  1. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

    O. Willi, T. Afshar-rad, M. Desselberger, M. Dunne, J. Edwards, L. Gizzi, F. Khattak, D. Riley, R. Taylor & S. Viana

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  1. Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    George H. Miley

  2. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

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  3. University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

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Willi, O. et al. (1992). Laser Plasma Interaction Studies Relevant for Inertial Confinement Fusion. In: Miley, G.H., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3324-5_36

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