Published 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

High-density, direct-drive implosion experiments

  • 1. Rochester Univ., NY (USA). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Description

A critical test of direct-drive laser-fusion has been conducted with the demonstration of DT compression to densities in the range of 100-200 times liquid density in experiments on the University of Rochester's OMEGA laser facility. The high-density cryogenic experiments used 351-nm laser pulses with energies of 1500-1800 J and pulse widths in the range of 600-700 ps. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser and Particle Beams
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
1-2
Series
Laser Part. Beams.
Journal Page Range
27-32
ISSN
0263-0346
CODEN
LPBED

Conference

Title
19. European conference on laser interaction with matter.
Dates
3-7 Oct 1988.
Place
Madrid (Spain).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-FC08-85DP40200