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    The Shiva laser was a powerful 20-beam infrared neodymium glass (silica glass) laser built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1977 for the study...
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  • Shiva Hypothesis, scientific theory concerning impact events Shiva laser, built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the late 1970s Shiva...
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    this work culminated in the Shiva laser, a proof-of-concept design for a high power system that included 20 separate "laser amplifiers" that were directed...
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    The Adiyogi Shiva bust is a 34-metre tall (112 ft), 45-metre long (147 ft) and 25-metre wide (82 ft) steel bust of Shiva with Thirunamam at Coimbatore...
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  • effort. LLNL built laser systems including Argus, Cyclops, Janus, the neodymium-doped glass (Nd:glass) laser Long Path, Shiva laser, and the 10 beam Nova...
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    experimented with in the 24 beam OMEGA laser and the NOVETTE laser, which was followed by the Nova laser design with 10 times Shiva's energy, the first design with...
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    Shivoham Shiva Temple is a Hindu temple, situated on Old Airport Road, Bangalore, India, dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva. Built in 1995, it features...
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    higher powered lasers such as the Argus and Shiva lasers and for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research. Even the earliest ICF laser experiments demonstrated...
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  • This is a list of laser topics. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Physics portal M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles...
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  • given the name Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). 1977 The 20 beam Shiva laser at LLNL is completed, capable of delivering 10.2 kilojoules of infrared...
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    the long path, the Shiva laser, and the Nova. Laser advances included frequency-tripling crystals that transformed infrared laser beams into ultraviolet...
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    advanced the study of laser-target interaction and paved the way for the construction of its successor, the 20 beam Shiva laser. It was known from some...
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    In 1977 the completion of the Shiva laser at LLNL ushered in a new field of big science: laser fusion....
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    National Ignition Facility (category Inertial confinement fusion research lasers)
    estimated that laser drivers in the kJ range could reach low gain, which was just within the state of the art. This led to the Shiva laser project which...
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  • Extreme Light Infrastructure Shiva Laser Nova Laser List of laser types "Our history – AWE". "Orion Laser – AWE". "Orion Laser – AWE". 4. Hopps, Nicholas...
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    Shiva Star, originally just SHIVA, is a high-powered pulsed-power research device located at the Air Force Research Laboratory on the Kirtland Air Force...
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    Statue of Belief (category Shiva in art)
    statue of the Hindu god Shiva constructed at Nathdwara in Rajasthan, India. The 369 feet (112 meters) tall art of Lord Shiva statue was sculpted by Murtikar...
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  • cascade laser RAPTOR Radiative flux Raman spectroscopy Reststrahlen effect RG equipment RIAS (Remote Infrared Audible Signage) Roboraptor Shiva laser Signal...
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    obtained by irradiating a millimeter-sized solid pellet with a nanosecond laser or ion pulse. The outer layer of the pellet is ablated, providing a reaction...
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    demonstrated that the simulations were incorrect. The first machine, the Shiva laser of the late 1970s, produced compression on the order of 50 to 100 times...
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    using recycled parts from the dismantled Shiva and Argus lasers and borrowed parts from the future Nova laser. Its main intended purpose was to validate...
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  • the issue was not energy as much as the number of laser beams, and suggested that the Shiva laser with 10 kJ of energy in 20 beams would reach ignition...
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    encountered in previous experiments, notably the Shiva laser, was that the infrared light provided by the Nd:glass lasers (at ~1054 nm in vaco) couples strongly...
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  • Shiraz Minwalla Shirley Ann Jackson Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Shiva laser Shiyi Chen Shkarofsky function Shlomo Havlin Shock (fluid dynamics) Shock...
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  • Optical frequency multiplier (category Laser science)
    and it was found in experiments with the Shiva laser that the infrared frequencies generated by the laser lost most of its energy in the hot electrons...
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  • Self-focusing Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe Shielding gas Shiva laser Shiva Star Shock diamond Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics)...
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    target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of...
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    Hair removal (category Laser medicine)
    permanent hair removal method recognized by the FDA. Laser hair removal (lasers and laser diodes): Laser hair removal technology became widespread in the...
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    Ayyappan (category Children of Shiva)
    righteousness. According to Hindu theology, he is described as the son of Shiva and Vishnu in the form of Mohini, thus representing a bridge between Shaivism...
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    sculpture with concepts such as Harihara (Half Vishnu, Half Shiva) and Ardhanārīshvara (half Shiva, half Parvati), with myths and temples that feature them...
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