Interferometric adaptive optics for the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · Wed Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · SPIE Newsroom

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201005.002609· OSTI ID:1114750

Baker, Kevin

Great strides have been made during the past half century in pursuit of fusion energy as a relatively clean and essentially unlimited energy source. One of two current approaches, inertial-confinement fusion (ICF), uses a large number of lasers to either directly compress a capsule containing deuterium and tritium (DT) or indirectly convert the laser photons into x-rays on the wall of a Hohlraum (an idealized cavity) and use this radiation to compress a DT-filled capsule. The latter, indirect-drive ICF is currently being pursued by the newly commissioned National Ignition Facility (NIF).

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 1114750
• Report Number(s): LLNL-JRNL-493140
• Journal Information: SPIE Newsroom, Vol. 2010; ISSN 1818-2259
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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