Published January 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Prepulse damage to targets and alignment verification

  • 1. University of California, Las Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Description

We measured the damage threshold of 10.6-μm light incident on glass microballoon laser fusion targets. The threshold is several dozen microjoules, depending on target size and laser pulse width, and the damage mechanism appears to be thermal heating and rupture. Perforating glass microballoons proves to be a useful alignment verification technique

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Journal Title
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
1
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
7-10