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In the pursuit of laser fusion, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) has undertaken a broad program of glass laser development and construction. This paper reviews the history of this effort,1 and indicates its future thrust. The CYCLOPS, JANUS, ARGUS, and SHIVA lasers are described, and possible larger lasers are discussed.
Presented at the Fourth Workshop on “Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena” held at RPI, Troy, N.Y., Nov. 8–12, 1976.
Work performed under the auspices of the United States Energy Research and Development Administration under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48.
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Considerable detailed information not presented here is available in the LLL laser fusion reports for the last several years. These are available from the Technical Information Department at LLL, or the National Technical Information Service, under the report numbers UCRL-50021-XX, where XX is 74 is 1974, 75 for 1975, etc.
J. Nuckolls, L. Wood, A. Thiessen, and G. Zimmerman, Nature 239, 139 (1972).
V. Bespalov and V. Talanov, JETP Lett. 3, 307. (1966).
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Trenholme, J. et al. (1977). Fusion Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8103-7_1
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