The Long Path laser was an early high energy
infrared laser at the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States. The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response ...
used to study
inertial confinement fusion. Long path was completed in 1972 and was the first ICF laser ever to use
neodymium doped glass as the lasing medium. It was capable of delivering about 50
joules of light at 1,062
nm onto a target in ~10
ns pulses. It did not use
spatial filters to smooth the beam after amplification stages and thus had a fairly poor beam quality. Long path was mostly used to investigate laser energy absorption in
deuterated plastic targets.
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Laser
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States. The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response ...
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List of laser articles
This is a list of laser topics.
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* 3D printing, additive manufacturing
* Abnormal reflection
* Above-threshold ionization
* Absorption spectroscopy
* Accelerator physics
* Acoustic microscopy
* Acousto-optic deflector
* Acousto-optic modul ...
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List of laser types
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Inertial confinement fusion research lasers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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