Nuclear Photonics for the 21st Century

Conference · Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1184118

Barty, Christopher P.J. ^[1]

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

Lasers and laser-based sources are now routinely used to control and manipulate nuclear processes, e.g. fusion, fission and resonant nuclear excitation. Two such “nuclear photonics” activities with the potential for profound societal impact will be reviewed in this presentation: the pursuit of laser-driven inertial confinement fusion at the National Ignition Facility and the development of laser-based, mono-energetic gamma-rays for isotope-specific detection, assay and imaging of materials.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1184118
• Report Number(s): LLNL-CONF-668588; TRN: US1600165
• Resource Relation: Conference: Optics & Photonics International Congress 2015, Yokohama (Japan), 22-25 Apr 2015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
LASER RADIATION
GAMMA RADIATION
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE
COMPTON EFFECT
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ISOTOPE RATIO