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The effect of small-scale perturbations on the brightness of laser radiation in laser fusion experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

I. V. Alexandrova
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR
N. G. Basov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR
A. E. Danilov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR
Yu. A. Mikhailov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR
G. V. Sklizkov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR
S. I. Fedotov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute 117924 Moscow, Leninsky prospect, 53, USSR

Abstract

The effect of small-scale wavefront perturbations on laser radiation is investigated at flux densities close to maximum. The model and calculated results for the effect of the degree of radiation coherence on the laser radiation brightness as functions of flux density and length and shape of the active medium are presented. For the restricted coherence of the laser radiation, the rate of small-scale perturbation growth is shown to decrease in theactive medium. The principal optical scheme of a laser for fusion experiments, with the maximum radiation brightness, is given as an example.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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