Optical Design And Analysis Of Carbon Dioxide Laser Fusion Systems Using Interferometry And Fast Fourier Transform Techniques

V. K. Viswanathan

doi:10.1117/12.957737

13 November 1980 Optical Design And Analysis Of Carbon Dioxide Laser Fusion Systems Using Interferometry And Fast Fourier Transform Techniques

V. K. Viswanathan

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Proceedings Volume 0190, Los Alamos Conference on Optics 1979; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957737
Event: Los Alamos Conference on Optics '79, 1979, Los Alamos, United States

Abstract

The optical design and analysis of the LASL carbon dioxide laser fusion systems required the use of techniques that are quite different from the currently used method in conventional optical design problems. The necessity for this is explored and the method that has been successfully used at Los Alamos to understand these systems is discussed with examples. This method involves characterization of the various optical components in their mounts by a Zernike polynomial set and using fast Fourier transform techniques to propagate the beam, taking diffraction and other nonlinear effects that occur in these types of systems into account. The various programs used for analysis are briefly discussed.

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V. K. Viswanathan "Optical Design And Analysis Of Carbon Dioxide Laser Fusion Systems Using Interferometry And Fast Fourier Transform Techniques", Proc. SPIE 0190, Los Alamos Conference on Optics 1979, (13 November 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957737

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