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A Programmable Beam Shaping System for Tailoring the Profile of High Fluence Laser Beams

A Programmable Beam Shaping System for Tailoring the Profile of High Fluence Laser Beams ABSTRACT: Customized spatial light modulators have been designed and fabricated for use as precision beam shaping devices in fusion class laser systems. By inserting this device in a low-fluence relay plane upstream of the amplifier chain, “blocker” obscurations can be programmed […]

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Meadowlark Optics Has Pivotal Role in Fusion Research

The Beginning    Back in 1952, the first useful demonstration of nuclear fusion was carried out.  It was for vastly different reasons than those celebrated most recently, although one might say that was when interest in atomic science for practical applications really blew up (pun intended.) Physicists have been seeking fusion as a viable energy source ever since, with

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