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Lasers with combined nuclear pumping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Mark A. Prelas
Mark A. Prelas
Affiliation:
Fusion Research Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Program and Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Group, College of Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
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Abstract

The use of nuclear radiation to excite lasers is examined from the perspective of nuclear flashlamps. Nuclear driven flashlamps can also be used as photon sources for photochemical and photovoltaic events. This can lead to the large scale production of chemicals and electricity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 351 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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