First demonstration of improving laser propagation inside the spherical hohlraums by using the cylindrical laser entrance hole

Wenyi Huo; Zhichao Li; Dong Yang; Ke Lan; Jie Liu; Guoli Ren; Sanwei Li; Zhiwen Yang; Liang Guo; Lifei Hou; Xuefei Xie; Yukun Li; Keli Deng; Zheng Yuan; Xiayu Zhan; Guanghui Yuan; Haijun Zhang; Baibin Jiang; Lizhen Huang; Kai Du; Runchang Zhao; Ping Li; Wei Wang; Jingqin Su; Yongkun Ding; Xiantu He; Weiyan Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.02.001

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