title: Choice of an optimum multichannel Nd:glass laser system for fusion experiments.
abstract: A comparison has been made between proposed configurations for Nd-glass laser systems for fusion. Detailed theoretical modeling of pulse propagation has been carried out using a linearized model with the variables taken to be time, axial coordinate, and one transverse coordinate. A non-temporally varying, three-spatial dimension model was also used to correct the linearized two-spatial dimension calculations. A 10(5) J system using 200 slab amplifiers and 20 spatial filters and having a 10(-4) rad divergence appears feasible.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bolshov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dykhne
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Kovalsky
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kolomijsky
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Kirichenko
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Pergament
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Rudnitsky
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authors.lastname: Smirnov
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authors.lastname: Starostin
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authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Chernjak
authors.forename: L M
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authors.lastname: Degtjarev
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kopa-Ovdienko