Beam Nonuniformity Effects on Laser Ablatively Accelerated Targets

Abstract

A laser doppler shift technique 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088056

Entities

People

  • Barrett H. Ripin
  • R. H. Lemberg
  • Stephen P.P. Obenschain

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Doppler Effect
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Phase Modulation
  • Physics
  • Plasma Accelerators
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy