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Nuclear driven flashlamps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

M. A. Prelas ,
F. P. Boody ,
G. H. Miley  and
J. F. Kunze
M. A. Prelas
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-Columbia
F. P. Boody
Affiliation:
Nuclear-Pumped Laser Corp.
G. H. Miley
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
J. F. Kunze
Affiliation:
University of Missouri-Columbia
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Abstract

Due to the low power density of pumping schemes for nuclear-pumped lasers prior to 1978, a method of utilizing the efficient production of narrow band fluorescence from excimers was developed. This method has since been referred to as a nuclear driven flashlamp. It is possible to achieve sufficient power densities, when combining the flashlamp with novel techniques of reactor/laser interfaces, to drive efficient, high power lasers directly with products from nuclear reactions.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 25 - 62
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