Open AccessLLE review: Quarterly report, April--June 1996. Volume 67
Author(s) -
Mark D. Skeldon
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/392843
Subject(s) - laser , omega , pulse (music) , volume (thermodynamics) , physics , excited state , nonlinear system , laser beams , plasma , optics , software , atomic physics , computer science , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , detector , programming language
This volume contains articles detailing several nonlinear processes associated with lasers and their use, as well as an article describing the computer control systems necessary to maintain and operate a large laser system such as the 60-beam OMEGA laser. The specific topics discussed in this issue include stimulated scattering in laser plasmas, power exchange between interacting laser beams, charged particles interacting with a laser pulse, thermal equilibration of optically excited states, an overview of the laser control system software in OMEGA, and a technique for cancellation of the nonlinear phase accumulation in short-pulse lasers