Free Electron Laser as Energy Driver for Inertial Confinement Fusion
- 1. Automatic Systems Corporation, Samara (Russian Federation)
- 2. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
Description
A FEL based energy driver for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) is proposed. The key element of the scheme is free electron laser system. Novel technical solutions reveal a possibility to construct the FEL system operating at radiation wavelength λ = 0.5 μm and providing flash energy E = 1 MJ and brightness 4 x 1022 W cm-2 sr-1 within steering pulse duration 0.1-2 ns. Total energy efficiency of the proposed ICF energy driver is about of 11% and repetition rate is 40 Hz. Dimensions of such an ICF driver are comparable with those of heavy-ion ICF driver, while the problem of technical realization seems to be more realistic. It is shown that the FEL based ICF energy driver may be constructed at the present level of accelerator technique R and D. 27 refs., 10 figs., 3 tabs
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 42 p.
- Report number
- JINR-E--9-94-237
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
- Country of Input or Organization
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
- INIS RN
- 26013693
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CRYOSTATS; EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCUSING; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; HZ RANGE; ICF DEVICES; LASER RADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; RF SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; WAVELENGTHS; WIGGLER MAGNETS
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFIERS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCY RANGE; LASERS; MAGNETS; RADIATIONS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMOSTATS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment.