Characteristics of Z-pinch targets and related materials

The characteristics and fabrication techniques of Z-pinch targets including loads and their related materials are reviewed. The Z-pinch targets are classified into three kinds as vacuum hohlraum, dynamic hohlraum and static-wall hohlraum. And the configurations and applications of these kinds of targets are introduced, respectively. Furthermore, the features of Z-pinch targets are compared with those of laser inertial confinement fusion targets. In order to meet the demands of Z-pinch physical experiments in China, an assembling process is proposed to fabricate a Z-pinch wire array load, which involves the pretreatment and preparation of wires and the characterizing of wires and the machining of fixture embryos and the assembly of wire array