Published January 2004 | Version v1
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Laser-induced adiabat shaping by relaxation in inertial fusion implosions

Creators

  • 1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623 (United States)

Description

The theory of laser-induced adiabat shaping is carried out for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) capsules. It is shown that a significant improvement of the stability characteristics of ICF implosions can be achieved by shaping the adiabat inside the imploding shell. The optimized adiabat profile has a maximum on the outer ablation surface to lower Rayleigh-Taylor growth rates, and a minimum on the shell inner surface for high compressibility and high neutron yields. Laser-induced adiabat shaping is produced via relaxation using a weak prepulse followed by laser shut-off and the main laser pulse

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1632903;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 5-8
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35068047
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER IMPLOSIONS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; RELAXATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
Descriptors DEC
CONFINEMENT; IMPLOSIONS; INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SYNTHESIS

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Notes
(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.