| Overview of the National Ignition Facility (p. 1) |
| by Murray, J R |
| Baseline design of proposed AWE 100-TW solid state laser system (p. 2) |
| by McMordie, J A |
| The NIF's power and energy ratings for flat-in-time pulses (p. 11) |
| by Widmayer, C C |
| High-power phosphate-glass laser system Luch : a prototype of the Iskra-6 facility module(p. 12) |
| by Sukharev, S A |
| The NIF's basic focal spot for temporally flat pulses (p. 22) |
| by Williams, W H |
| Status of the SG-III solid state laser project (p. 25) |
| by Peng, H S |
| Progress of direct drive laser fusion research at ILE, Osaka (p. 34) |
| by Mima, K |
| The NIF's assessment of the optical damage threat for flat-in-time pulses (p. 39) |
| by Feit, M D |
| Final optics design for the megajoule laser (p. 44) |
| by Adolf, A |
| The NIF's power and energy ratings for ICF-shaped temporal pulses (p. 49) |
| by Jones, O S |
| Issue of FM to AM conversion on the National Ignition Facility (p. 51) |
| by Rothenberg, J E |
| The NIF's basic focal spot for ICF temporally shaped pulses (p. 55) |
| by Williams, W H |
| The NIF's assessment of the optical damage threat for shaped ICF pulses (p. 61) |
| by Feit, M D |
| Beam Wiggler operating in high frequency and single-pulse modes (p. 62) |
| by Goltsov, A Yu |
| Focal spot conditioning for indirect drive on the NIF (p. 65) |
| by Rothenberg, J E |
| The NIF power balance (p. 78) |
| by Jones, O S |
| Focused intensities of 10^2^0 Wcm^-^2 with the upgraded Vulcan CPA interaction facility (p. 82) |
| by Danson, C N |
| LULI 100-TW Ti : sapphire\/Nd(p. 94) |
| by Zou, J P |
| Integrated operations of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) optical pulse generation development system (p. 100) |
| by Crane, J K |
| Prepulse of the NIF Laser System (p. 105) |
| by Munro, D H |
| Microchip lasers for the LMJ front end (p. 112) |
| by Fulbert, L |
| Beam positioning (p. 112) |
| by Sommer, S C |
| Multipurpose diode-pumped Nd : YLF laser for OMEGA pulse shaping and diagnostics applications(p. 118) |
| by Okishev, A V |
| Regenerative amplifier for the OMEGA laser system (p. 124) |
| by Babushkin, A |
| Optical pulse shaping system based on aperture-coupled striplines for OMEGA pulse shaping applications (p. 131) |
| by Skeldon, M D |
| Using a chirp pulse amplification technique and temporal multiplexing for flexible shaping of broadband laser pulses (p. 136) |
| by Yashin, V E |
| Shot rate - thermal recovery (p. 136) |
| by Manes, K R |
| Plasma electrode Pockels cell for the National Ignition Facility (p. 144) |
| by Rhodes, M A |
| Plasma electrode Pockels cell of CEA's megajoule laser project (p. 148) |
| by Bailly, Salins R |
| Programmable generation of high-voltage pulses for Pockels cell modulators (p. 156) |
| by Jolly, A |
| Transient bandwidth analysis of photoconductive microwave switches implemented in the OMEGA pulse shaping system (p. 165) |
| by Green, K |
| Superconductive transient digitizer for laser diagnostics (p. 173) |
| by Kaplan, S B |
| Statistical description of laser damage initiation in NIF and LMJ Optics at 355 nm (p. 188) |
| by Felt, M D |
| Laser-induced damage of silica glass at 1064 nm and its higher harmonics (p. 196) |
| by Yoshida, K |
| Laser-induced damage of optical coatings grown with surface chemical reaction (p. 204) |
| by Zaitsu, S |
| Thin film contamination effects on laser-induced damage of fused silica surfaces at 355 nm (p. 212) |
| by Genin, F Y |
| Method for reducing the effect of environmental contamination of sol- gel optical coatings (p. 220) |
| by Thomas, I M |
| Sol-gel broadband antireflective and scratch-resistant coating for megajoule-class laser amplifier blastshields (p. 230) |
| by Belleville, P F |
| Depth profiling of sol-gel multilayers on fused silica using dynamic SIMS and SNMS (p. 238) |
| by Bazin, N J |
| Laser cavity mirror preparation using sol-gel chemistry and laminar- flow coating technique (p. 244) |
| by Belleville, P F |
| 3-omega damage threshold evaluation of final optics components using Beamlet Mule and off-line testing (p. 254) |
| by Kozlovskii, Miroslaw P |
| Active Fresnel rhomb zig-zag slab amplifier : design and test(p. 264) |
| by Bikmatov, R G |
| Control of the amplifications of large-band amplitude-modulated pulses in an Nd-glass amplifier chain (p. 277) |
| by Videau, I |
| Design progress for the National Ignition Facility laser alignment and beam diagnostics (p. 285) |
| by Bliss, E S |
| Optical design of the National Ignition Facility main laser and switchyard/target area beam transport systems (p. 294) |
| by Miller, J L |
| National Ignition Facility main laser stray light analysis and control (p. 300) |
| by Miller, J L |
| Ghost analysis visualization techniques for complex systems : examples from the NIF final optics assembly(p. 306) |
| by Hendrix, J L |
| Simulation and analysis of ghost images for the megajoule laser (p. 321) |
| by Benard, H |
| Design optimization for the main amplification stage of Technical Integration Line (TIL (p. 328) |
| by Jing, F |
| NIF optical specifications : the importance of the RMS gradient(p. 336) |
| by Lawson, J K |
| Application of adaptive optics for controlling the NIF laser performance and spot size (p. 344) |
| by Sacks, R A |
| Simulations of a phase corrector plate for the National Ignition Facility (p. 355) |
| by Williams, W H |
| Stability of optical elements in the NIF target area building (p. 363) |
| by Trummer, D I |
| Overview of recent KDP damage experiments and implications for NIF tripler performance (p. 374) |
| by Runkel, M |
| Growth of large KDP crystals in the form of plates (p. 386) |
| by Tatartchenko, V |
| Frequency converter development for the National Ignition Facility (p. 392) |
| by Wegner, P J |
| Demonstration of dual-tripler broadband third-harmonic generation and implications for OMEGA and the NIF (p. 406) |
| by Babushkin, A |
| Multi-terawatt frequency doubling of picosecond pulses for plasma interactions (p. 414) |
| by Neely, D |
| Focusing transmission gratings for high-energy lasers (p. 426) |
| by Touzet, B M |
| Beam shaping diffractive optical elements for high-power solid state laser systems (p. 437) |
| by Barton, I M |
| Diffractive beam samplers for large-aperture beam diagnostics (p. 445) |
| by Bett, T H |
| Cross-phase modulation between two intense orthogonally polarized laser beams copropagating through a Kerr-like medium (p. 454) |
| by Marozas, J A |
| Suppression of small-scale-intensity nonuniformity introduced by array focus systems (p. 466) |
| by Lue, B |
| Modeling of frequency doubling and tripling with converter refractive index spatial nonuniformities due to gravitational sag (p. 472) |
| by Auerbach, J M |
| Localized wavefront deformations - propagation in nonlinear media : II(p. 480) |
| by Bray, M |
| Spatial filter issues (p. 496) |
| by Murray, J E |
| Pinhole closure measurements (p. 504) |
| by Milam, D |
| Pinhole closure in spatial filters of large-scale ICF laser systems (p. 510) |
| by Bikmatov, R G |
| Modeling of laser knife-edge and pinhole experiments (p. 524) |
| by Boley, C D |
| 538 National Ignition Facility integrated computer control system (p. 538) |
| by Van Arsdall, P J |
| Timing system of LMJ : application for the LIL(p. 549) |
| by Monnier, Bourdin D |
| Development of practical damage mapping and inspection systems (p. 556) |
| by Rainer, F |
| Combined phase, near field, and far field diagnostic for large- aperture laser systems (p. 564) |
| by Barnes, A R |
| Start-up plan for the first NIF laser bundle : transition from single Beamlet prototype to 192-beamline laser facility(p. 573) |
| by Van Wonterghem, B M |
| Development progress for the amplifier of the SG-III laser facility (p. 586) |
| by Zheng, W G |
| Lasers for high-focused intensity applications (p. 592) |
| by Nees, J A |
| Assembly and maintenance of full-scale NIF amplifiers in the Amplifier Module Prototype Laboratory (AMPLAB (p. 601) |
| by Horváth, J A |
| Achieving and maintaining cleanliness in NIF amplifiers (p. 609) |
| by Stowers, I F |
| From filter to all-film energy storage capacitors (p. 621) |
| by Bramoulle, M |
| 3D gain modeling of LMJ and NIF amplifiers (p. 630) |
| by Le Touze, G |
| Pump-induced wavefront distortion in prototypical NIF\/LMJ amplifiers : modeling and comparison with experiments(p. 638) |
| by Rotter, M D |
| Thermal recovery of LMJ amplifiers (p. 660) |
| by Arnoux, P |
| Thermal recovery of the Nil : amplifiers(p. 665) |
| by Sutton, S B |
| National Ignition Facility (NIF) wavefront control system (p. 678) |
| by Zacharias, R A |
| Preliminary design of the cavity-end deformable mirror of the megajoule laser (p. 693) |
| by Bozec, X |
| Wavefront control of solid state lasers using an optically addressed light valve in an adaptive optics loop and applications to ultraintense pulses (p. 702) |
| by Chanteloup, J C |
| LMJ target area design and engineering physics inside the LMJ target chamber (p. 710) |
| by Schirmann, D |
| Management of unconverted light for the National Ignition Facility target chamber (p. 718) |
| by Whitman, P K |
| Constraints on target chamber first wall and target designs that will enable NIF debris shields to survive (p. 730) |
| by Burnham, A K |
| Fail-safe design for square vacuum-barrier windows (p. 740) |
| by Suratwala, T I |
| Energy storage efficiency and small signal gain measurements in Nd : phosphate amplifiers(p. 752) |
| by Gamache, C |
| Yb^3^+ P~2O~5-RO phosphate laser glasses (p. 761) |
| by Hu, L |
| Yb^3^+ borate laser glasses containing high-valency cations (p. 767) |
| by Izumitani, T |
| Development of continuous glass melting for production of Nd-doped phosphate glasses for the NIF and LMJ laser systems (p. 778) |
| by Campbell, J H |
| Laser ablative figuring of optical elements for phase control (p. 788) |
| by Jitsuno, T |
| Construction of the prototype of an optical system for measurement of small wavefront distortion of laser radiation in optical elements : proposal for the ISTC project(p. 792) |
| by Potemkin, A |
| Development of LD-pumped 10 J x 10 Hz Nd : glass slab laser(p. 798) |
| by Matsui, H |
| Modeling of the effects of KDP crystal gravity sag on third-harmonic generation (p. 802) |
| by Lubin, O |
| Bulk laser damage in KDP crystal as a function of laser irradiation direction, polarization, and wavelength (p. 809) |
| by Yoshida, H |
| Using a design of experiment method to improve KDP crystal machining process (p. 814) |
| by Lahaye, P |
| Design of a new technique for alleviating thermal dephasing of nonlinear optical crystal (p. 821) |
| by Yap, Y K |
| Nonlinear optical crystal for near-ultraviolet generation : gadolinium yttrium calcium oxyborate Gd~xY~1~-~xCa~4O(BO~3)~3(p. 825) |
| by Yoshimura, M |
| Broadband computations using the Miro software (p. 832) |
| by Morice, O |
| Design of kinoform phase plate for irradiating spherical target (p. 839) |
| by Tsubakimoto, K |
| Temporal response diagnostic for the megajoule laser (p. 843) |
| by Leclerc, P |
| LMJ cladding industrialization (p. 851) |
| by Remontet, C |
| Geometric arrangement of laser beams in target area (p. 866) |
| by Tan, J |
| Preliminary design of target area optical layout for the SG-III facility (p. 871) |
| by Wei, X F |
| Multipass slab Nd : glass amplifier(p. 884) |
| by Sui, Z |
| SG-II solid state laser ICF system (p. 890) |
| by Xiao, G |
| High-damage-threshold pinhole for glass fusion laser applications (p. 896) |
| by Kurnit, N A |
| Long-lifetime Iow-contamination metal beam dumps for NIF spatial filters (p. 901) |
| by Norton, M A |
| Optics damage inspection for the NIF (p. 921) |
| by Thompson, C E |
| Vendor-based laser damage metrology equipment supporting the National Ignition Facility (p. 933) |
| by Schwartz, S |
| Compact Nd^3^+-based laser system with gain Gó10^1^3 and output energy of 20 J (p. 939) |
| by Babushkin, A |
| Stitching interferometer for large optics : recent developments of a system(p. 946) |
| by Bray, M |
| Amplitude modulation of a kilowatt laser pulse with LiNbO~3 Pockels cells : experiments and results on the Phebus facility(p. 957) |
| by Bar, E |
| Formation of Teflon AF polymer thin films as optical coatings in the high-peak-power laser field (p. 964) |
| by Bazin, N J |
| Implementation of smoothing by spectral dispersion on Beamlet and NIF (p. 970) |
| by Rothenberg, J E |
| Polarization smoothing for the National Ignition Facility (p. 980) |
| by Rothenberg, J E |
| Optimization of the alignment sensitivity and energy stability of the NIF regenerative amplifier cavity (p. 991) |
| by Hopps, N W |
| Calculational modeling of the Luch facility high-power amplifier pumping and pulse amplification (p. 997) |
| by Eroshenko, V A |
| Development of a kilojoule channel for Nd-glass laser systems with a 70-ns pulse SBS compressor (p. 1002) |
| by Sirazetdinov, V S |
| Transverse SRS in KDP and KD^*P crystals (p. 1009) |
| by Novikov, V N |
| Wavefront and divergence of the Beamlet prototype laser (p. 1019) |
| by Wegner, P J |
| High-gain preamplifier module (PAM) engineering prototype for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser system (p. 1031) |
| by Martínez, M |
| High laser damage threshold $HfO_{2}/SiO_{2}$ mirrors manufactured by sputtering process |
| by Fornier, A |