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R. L. Keck
Researcher at University of Rochester
Publications - 94
Citations - 2911
R. L. Keck is an academic researcher from University of Rochester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Laser & Inertial confinement fusion. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 94 publications receiving 2722 citations.
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Initial performance results of the OMEGA laser system
Thomas Boehly,D. L. Brown,R. S. Craxton,R. L. Keck,James Knauer,John H. Kelly,Terrance J. Kessler,S. A. Kumpan,S. J. Loucks,Samuel A. Letzring,F. J. Marshall,R. L. McCrory,S. F. B. Morse,W. Seka,J. M. Soures,C. P. Verdon +15 more
TL;DR: Omega is a 60-terawatt, 60-beam, frequency-tripled Nd:glass laser system designed to perform precision direct-drive inertial-confinement-fusion experiments and the acceptance tests demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the system.
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Direct‐drive laser‐fusion experiments with the OMEGA, 60‐beam, >40 kJ, ultraviolet laser system
J. M. Soures,R. L. McCrory,C. P. Verdon,A. Babushkin,R. E. Bahr,T. R. Boehly,Robert Boni,D. K. Bradley,D. L. Brown,R. S. Craxton,J. A. Delettrez,William R. Donaldson,Reuben Epstein,Paul A. Jaanimagi,S. D. Jacobs,K. Kearney,R. L. Keck,John H. Kelly,Terrance J. Kessler,Robert Kremens,J. P. Knauer,S. A. Kumpan,Samuel A. Letzring,D. J. Lonobile,S. J. Loucks,L. D. Lund,F. J. Marshall,P. W. McKenty,D. D. Meyerhofer,S. F. B. Morse,Andrey V. Okishev,Semyon Papernov,G. Pien,W. Seka,R. W. Short,Milton J. Shoup,Mark D. Skeldon,S. Skupsky,Ansgar W. Schmid,Douglas J. Smith,S. Swales,M. D. Wittman,B. Yaakobi +42 more
TL;DR: The OMEGA project at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) as discussed by the authors has achieved the highest thermonuclear yield (1014 DT neutrons) and yield efficienc...
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Two-dimensional simulations of plastic-shell, direct-drive implosions on OMEGA
P. B. Radha,Valeri Goncharov,Tim Collins,J. A. Delettrez,Y. Elbaz,V. Yu. Glebov,R. L. Keck,D. E. Keller,J. P. Knauer,J. A. Marozas,F. J. Marshall,P. W. McKenty,D. D. Meyerhofer,Sean Regan,T. C. Sangster,Dov Shvarts,S. Skupsky,Y. Srebro,R. P. J. Town,R. P. J. Town,Christian Stoeckl +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the multidimensional hydrodynamic properties of high-adiabat direct-drive plastic-shell implosions on the OMEGA laser system.
Two Dimensional Simulations of Plastic-Shell, Direct-Drive Implosions on OMEGA
P. B. Radha,Valeri Goncharov,Tim Collins,J. A. Delettrez,Y. Elbaz,V. Y. Glebov,R. L. Keck,D. E. Keller,J. P. Knauer,J. A. Marozas,F. J. Marshall,P.W. McKenty,D. D. Meyerhofer,Sean Regan,T. C. Sangster,Dov Shvarts,S. Skupsky,Y. Srebro,R. P. J. Town,Christian Stoeckl +19 more
TL;DR: Boehly et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the multidimensional hydrodynamic properties of high-adiabat direct-drive plastic-shell implosions on the OMEGA laser system.
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Experimental investigation of smoothing by spectral dispersion
Sean Regan,J. A. Marozas,John H. Kelly,Thomas Boehly,William R. Donaldson,Paul A. Jaanimagi,R. L. Keck,Terrance J. Kessler,David D. Meyerhofer,W. Seka,S. Skupsky,Vladimir Smalyuk +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured smoothing rates for smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD) of high-power, solid-state laser beams used for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research.