LLE Review, Volume 115 113 Introduction The OMEGA EP chirped-pulse–amplification system at LLE requires two 1.5-m large-aperture grating compressors to achieve high-energy petawatt capability.1 The current state-ofthe-art multilayer dielectric (MLD) diffraction gratings cannot meet this size requirement.2 Several institutes have explored the possibility of tiling gratings.3–6 Kessler and Cotel ...

Since the discovery of a link between the malfunction of post-replicative mismatch correction and hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer, the study of this complex repair pathway has received a great deal of attention. Our understanding of the mammalian system was facilitated by conservation of the main protagonists of this process from microbes to humans. Thus, biochemical experiments carried o...

The Diagnostic Development Group at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics has endeavored to build a stand-alone, remotely operated streak camera with comprehensive autofocus and self-calibration capability. Designated as the Rochester Optical Streak System (ROSS), it is a generic streak camera platform, capable of accepting a variety of streak tubes. The system performance is limited by the insta...

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liquid-liquid equilibria for the (water + lactic acid + benzyl alcohol or p-xylene) ternary systems were investigated at atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range from 298.15-318.15 k. the studied systems exhibit two types of liquid-liquid equilibrium (lle) behavior. the system consisting of benzyl alcohol displays type-1 lle behavior, while a type-2 behavior is exhibited by the other s...

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