Ultra-intense, short pulse laser-plasma interactions with applications to the fast ignitor
- X-Division and Dept. of Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Due to the advent of chirped pulse amplification (CPA) as an efficient means of creating ultra-high intensity laser light ({ital I}{gt}5{times}10{sup 17} W/cm{sup 2}) in pulses less than a few picoseconds, new ideas for achieving ignition and gain in DT targets with less than 1 megajoule of input energy are currently being pursued. Two types of powerful lasers are employed in this scheme: (1) channeling beams and (2) ignition beams. The current state of laser-plasma interactions relating to this fusion scheme will be discussed. In particular, plasma physics issues in the ultra-intense regime are crucial to the success of this scheme. We compare simulation and experimental results in this highly nonlinear regime. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 397276
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950476-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:029362
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 369, Issue 1; Conference: 12. international conference on laser interaction and related plasma phenomena, Osaka (Japan), 24-28 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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