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J. D. Moody - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Multibeam Seeded Brillouin Sidescatter in Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments
Physical review letters, 2015Co-Authors: David Turnbull, Pierre Michel, Joseph Ralph, Laurent Divol, James Ross, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, Andrea Kritcher, Denise Hinkel, J. D. MoodyAbstract:Sidescattered light seen in Inertial Confinement Fusion experiments originates mostly from neighboring beams in the overlapping laser beam configuration used.
Jürgen Meyer-ter-vehn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prospects of Inertial Confinement Fusion
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 1997Co-Authors: Jürgen Meyer-ter-vehnAbstract:The present status of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) is briefly reviewed, emphasizing the National Ignition Facility (NIF) project in the US and the Megajoule project in France. Critical aspects of target performance such as symmetry and stability of capsule implosions and interaction physics in hohlraum targets are discussed. The advantages of heavy-ion beam drivers and corresponding research programs are pointed out with reference to the long-term prospects for ICF power production. The new concept of the fast ignition of precompressed fuel by petawatt, picosecond laser pulses is also covered. The laser plasma group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) is one of the European institutes funded by EURATOM for an ICF keep-in-touch activity, and we highlight results obtained at MPQ relevant to the recent progress of ICF.
S Johnson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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enhanced energy coupling for indirectly driven Inertial Confinement Fusion
Nature Physics, 2019Co-Authors: Y Ping, V. A. Smalyuk, P Amendt, R Tommasini, J E Field, S Khan, Don Bennett, E L Dewald, Frank Graziani, S JohnsonAbstract:Recent experiments in the study of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the United States have reached the so-called alpha-heating regime1–3, in which the self-heating by Fusion products becomes dominant, with neutron yields now exceeding 1 × 1016 (ref. 4) However, there are still challenges on the path towards ignition, such as minimization of the drive asymmetry, suppression of laser-plasma instabilities, and mitigation of fabrication features5. In addition, in the current cylindrical-hohlraum indirect drive schemes for ICF, a strong limitation is the inefficient (≤10%) absorption of the laser-produced hohlraum X-rays by the capsule as set by relative capsule-to-hohlraum surface areas. Here we report an experiment demonstrating ~30% energy coupling to an aluminium capsule in a rugby-shaped6, gold hohlraum. This high coupling efficiency can substantially increase the tolerance to residual imperfections and improve the prospects for ignition, both in mainline single-shell hot-spot designs and potential double-shell targets. High coupling efficiency between laser-induced hohlraum X-rays and targets is essential for reaching long-sought regimes for viable Inertial Confinement Fusion. Experiments with a rugby hohlraum shape and an improved capsule now allow demonstration of more than 30%.
V. Yu. Glebov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of stalk on directly driven Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions
Physics of Plasmas, 2020Co-Authors: M. Gatu Johnson, Patrick Adrian, K.s. Anderson, Brian Appelbe, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, D. H. Edgell, C. J. Forrest, Johan Frenje, V. Yu. GlebovAbstract:Low-mode asymmetries have emerged as one of the primary challenges to achieving high-performing Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) implosions. In direct-drive ICF, an important potential seed of suc...
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Implosion Experiments using Glass Ablators for Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion
2010Co-Authors: V. A. Smalyuk, D. D. Meyerhofer, R. Betti, J. A. Delettrez, V. Yu. Glebov, P. B. Radha, Susan Regan, T. C. Sangster, Javier Sanz, W. SekaAbstract:United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Inertial Confinement Fusion (Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC52-08NA28302)
David Turnbull - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Multibeam Seeded Brillouin Sidescatter in Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments
Physical review letters, 2015Co-Authors: David Turnbull, Pierre Michel, Joseph Ralph, Laurent Divol, James Ross, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, Andrea Kritcher, Denise Hinkel, J. D. MoodyAbstract:Sidescattered light seen in Inertial Confinement Fusion experiments originates mostly from neighboring beams in the overlapping laser beam configuration used.
