Design of indirectly driven, high-compression Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions with improved hydrodynamic stability using a 4-shock adiabat-shaped drive

Milovich, J. L.; Robey, H. F.; Clark, D. S.; Baker, K. L.; Casey, D. T.; Cerjan, C.; Field, J.; MacPhee, A. G.; Pak, A.; Patel, P. K.; Peterson, J. L.; Smalyuk, V. A.; Weber, C. R.

doi:10.1063/1.4935922

Title: Design of indirectly driven, high-compression Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions with improved hydrodynamic stability using a 4-shock adiabat-shaped drive

Journal Article · Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935922· OSTI ID:1763938

Milovich, J. L. ^[1]; Robey, H. F. ^[1];

^[1]; Baker, K. L. ^[1]; Casey, D. T. ^[1];

^[1]; Field, J. ^[1];

^[1]; Pak, A. ^[1]; Patel, P. K. ^[1];

^[1]; Smalyuk, V. A. ^[1]; Weber, C. R. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Experimental results from indirectly driven ignition implosions during the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) [M. J. Edwards et al., Phys. Plasmas 20, 070501 (2013)] achieved a record compression of the central deuterium-tritium fuel layer with measured areal densities up to 1.2 g/cm², but with significantly lower total neutron yields (between 1.5 × 10¹⁴ and 5.5 × 10¹⁴) than predicted, approximately 10% of the 2D simulated yield. An order of magnitude improvement in the neutron yield was subsequently obtained in the “high-foot” experiments [O. A. Hurricane et al., Nature 506, 343 (2014)]. However, this yield was obtained at the expense of fuel compression due to deliberately higher fuel adiabat. In this paper, the design of an adiabat-shaped implosion is presented, in which the laser pulse is tailored to achieve similar resistance to ablation-front instability growth, but with a low fuel adiabat to achieve high compression. Additionally, comparison with measured performance shows a factor of 3–10× improvement in the neutron yield (>40% of predicted simulated yield) over similar NIC implosions, while maintaining a reasonable fuel compression of >1 g/cm². Extension of these designs to higher laser power and energy is discussed to further explore the trade-off between increased implosion velocity and the deleterious effects of hydrodynamic instabilities.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1763938

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1228789

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-675896; 797329; TRN: US2206110

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 12; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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