Prospects for High-Gain, High Yield NIF Targets Driven by 2w (green) Light

Conference · Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:15013697

Oades, K; Divol, L; Stevenson, M; Glenzer, S; Suter, L J; Meezan, N; Spaeth, M; Manes, K; Moody, J; Hammel, B; Haan, S

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), operating at green (2{omega}) light, has the potential to drive ignition targets with significantly more energy than the 1.8 MJ it will produce in its baseline, blue (3{omega}) operations. This results in a greatly increased ''target design space'', providing a number of exciting opportunities for fusion research including the possibility of ignition experiments with capsules absorbing energies in the vicinity of 1 MJ. We report the progress made exploring 2{omega} for NIF ignition, including potential 2{omega} laser performance, 2{omega} ignition target designs and 2{omega} Laser Plasma Interaction (LPI) studies.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15013697
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-201547; TRN: US0801241
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: Inertial Fusion Sciences & Applications 2003, Monterey, CA, United States, Sep 07 - Sep 12, 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
IGNITION
LASERS
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PLASMA
TARGETS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY