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Xenon flash lamps, set-up model (Shiva laser) - 1977-8?

Object summary

Title
Xenon flash lamps, set-up model (Shiva laser) - 1977-8?
Object ID
HEE-SC-07674
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
Yes
Exhibition
Liquid Archive
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Description

Model of a set-up with 20 Xenon flash lamps (producing 25,000,000 Ws); functioned as an element of the Shiva laser (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA). (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
handwritten blue marker
Location
obverse top
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
20 XENON TUBES.
Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse bottom
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
Shiva.
Type
handwritten black marker
Location
obverse bottom
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
1.5 Joules. [?]

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