Spherical strong-shock generation for shock-ignition inertial fusion

Theobald, W.; Nora, R.; Seka, W.; Lafon, M.; Anderson, K. S.; Hohenberger, M.; Marshall, F. J.; Michel, D. T.; Solodov, A. A.; Stoeckl, C.; Edgell, D. H.; Yaakobi, B.; Casner, A.; Reverdin, C.; Ribeyre, X.; Shvydky, A.; Vallet, A.; Peebles, J.; Beg, F. N.; Wei, M. S.; Betti, R.

doi:10.1063/1.4920956

Title: Spherical strong-shock generation for shock-ignition inertial fusion

Journal Article · Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4920956· OSTI ID:1186653

Theobald, W. ^[1]; Nora, R. ^[1]; Seka, W. ^[1]; Lafon, M. ^[1]; Anderson, K. S. ^[1]; Hohenberger, M. ^[1]; Marshall, F. J. ^[1]; Michel, D. T. ^[1]; Solodov, A. A. ^[1]; Stoeckl, C. ^[1]; Edgell, D. H. ^[1]; Yaakobi, B. ^[1]; Casner, A. ^[2]; Reverdin, C. ^[2]; Ribeyre, X. ^[3]; Shvydky, A. ^[1]; Vallet, A. ^[3]; Peebles, J. ^[4]; Beg, F. N. ^[4]; Wei, M. S. ^[5] more »

Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon (France)
Univ. de Bordeaux, Talence (France)
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Recent experiments on the Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ OMEGA laser have been carried out to produce strong shocks in solid spherical targets with direct laser illumination. The shocks are launched at pressures of several hundred Mbars and reach Gbar upon convergence. The results are relevant to the validation of the shock-ignition scheme and to the development of an OMEGA experimental platform to study material properties at Gbar pressures. The experiments investigate the strength of the ablation pressure and the hot-electron production at incident laser intensities of ~2 to 6 x 10¹⁵W/cm² and demonstrate ablation pressures exceeding 300 Mbar, which is crucial to developing a shock-ignition target design for the National Ignition Facility. The timing of the x-ray flash from shock convergence in the center of the solid plastic target is used to infer the ablation and shock pressures. Laser–plasma instabilities produce hot-electrons with a moderate temperature (<100 keV). The instantaneous conversion efficiencies of laser power into hot-electron power reached up to ~15% in the intensity spike. The large amount of hot electrons is correlated with an earlier x-ray flash and a strong increase in its magnitude. This suggests that hot electrons contribute to the augmentation of the shock strength.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1186653

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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