Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 4, 400001(2020)

Advances in Target Alignment and Beam-Target Coupling Technologies of Laser Fusion Facility

Lin Weiheng1,2,3、*, Zhu Jianqiang1,2, and Ren Lei1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
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    Category: reviews

    Received: Oct. 30, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 8, 2020

    The Author Email: Weiheng Lin (1069612658@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0400001

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