High-performance inertial confinement fusion target implosions on OMEGA

Journal Article · Wed Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/5/053010· OSTI ID:1011417

Meyerhofer, D. D.; McCrory, R. L.; Betti, R.; Boehly, T. R.; Casey, D. T.; Collins, T. J. B.; Craxton, R. S.; Delettrez, J. A.; Edgell, D. H.; Epstein, R.; Fletcher, K. A.; Frenje, J. A.; Glebov, Y. Yu.; Goncharov, V. N.; Harding, D. R.; Hu, S. X.; Igumenshchev, I. V.; Knauer, J. P.; Li, C. K.; Marozas, J. A. ; Marshall, F. J.; McKenty, P. W.; Nilson, P. M.; Padalino, S. P.; Petrasso, R. D.; Radha, P. B.; Regan, S. P.; Sangster, T. C.; Seguin, F. H.; Seka, W.; Short, R. W.; Shvarts, D.; Skupsky, S.; Soures, J. M.; Stoeckl, C.; Theobald, W.; Yaakobi, B.

The Omega Laser Facility is used to study inertial confinement fusion (ICF) concepts. This paper describes progress in direct-drive central hot-spot (CHS) ICF, shock ignition (SI) and fast ignition (FI) since the 2008 IAEA FEC conference. CHS cryogenic deuterium–tritium (DT) target implosions on OMEGA have produced the highest DT areal densities yet measured in ICF implosions (~300 mg cm^-2). Integrated FI experiments have shown a significant increase in neutron yield caused by an appropriately timed high-intensity, high-energy laser pulse.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC52-08NA28302
• OSTI ID: 1011417
• Report Number(s): DOE/NA/28302-1003; 2010-37; 1982
• Journal Information: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 51, Issue 5; Conference: 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Daejon (Rep. of Korea), 11-16 October 2010; ISSN 0029-5515
• Publisher: IOP Science
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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