Polar-direct-drive experiments with contoured-shell targets on OMEGA

Marshall, F. J.; Radha, P. B.; Bonino, M. J.; Delettrez, J. A.; Epstein, R.; Glebov, V. Yu.; Harding, D. R.; Stoeckl, C.; Frenje, J. A.; Johnson, M. Gatu; Seguin, F. H.; Sio, H.; Zylstra, A.; Giraldez, E.

doi:10.1063/1.4940939

Title: Polar-direct-drive experiments with contoured-shell targets on OMEGA

Journal Article · Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940939· OSTI ID:1239813

Marshall, F. J. ^[1]; Radha, P. B. ^[1]; Bonino, M. J. ^[1]; Delettrez, J. A. ^[1]; Epstein, R. ^[1]; Glebov, V. Yu. ^[1]; Harding, D. R. ^[1]; Stoeckl, C. ^[1]; Frenje, J. A. ^[2]; Johnson, M. Gatu ^[2]; Seguin, F. H. ^[2]; Sio, H. ^[2]; Zylstra, A. ^[2]; Giraldez, E. ^[3]

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Polar-driven direct-drive experiments recently performed on the OMEGA Laser System have demonstrated the efficacy of using a target with a contoured shell with varying thickness to improve the symmetry and fusion performance of the implosion. The polar-driven contoured-shell implosions have substantially reduced low mode perturbations compared to polar-driven spherical-shell implosions as diagnosed by x-ray radiographs up to shell stagnation. As a result, fusion yields were increased by more than a factor of ~2 without increasing the energy of the laser by the use of contoured shells.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1239813

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1236280

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 1; ISSN 1070-664X

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Language:: English

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