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Short-pulse CO2 laser systems for plasma investigation at the IPPLM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J. Badziak ,
M. Borzecki ,
A. Chojnacka ,
Z. Dźwigalski ,
K. Janulewicz ,
R. Jarocki ,
A. Kalbarczyk ,
J. Kubicki ,
Z. Kurzyński  and
L. Perliński
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J. Badziak
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
M. Borzecki
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
A. Chojnacka
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
Z. Dźwigalski
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
K. Janulewicz
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
R. Jarocki
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
A. Kalbarczyk
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
J. Kubicki
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
Z. Kurzyński
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
L. Perliński
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
Z. Sikorski
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
J. Teter
Affiliation:
S. Kaliski Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion 00–908 Warsaw, P. O. Box 49, Poland
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Abstract

This paper presents the multigigawatt single-beam CO2 laser system and the configuration and the main subsystems of the 0.5 TW four-beam CO2 laser system being built at the IPPLM. Selected construction details and early test results are given.

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Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 27 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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