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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Yoshirou Owadano, Isao Okuda, Mitsumori Tanimoto, Yuji Matsumoto, Takeshi Kasai, Masaaki Yano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 11 | Number 3 | May 1987 | Pages 486-491
Technical Paper | KrF Laser | doi.org/10.13182/FST87-A25030
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A 1-kJ KrF laser system under development is described. The system has an oscillator, three electron-beam (e-beam) amplifiers, and a Raman pulse compression system. The second stage e-beam amplifier has generated 170 J at the overall efficiency of 1.9%. The final stage amplifier is designed to deliver a 1-kJ optical output in 100 ns.
