Prospects for high-gain, high yield National Ignition Facility targets driven by 2(omega) (green) light

Journal Article · Tue Dec 16 04:00:00 EST 2003 · Physics of Plasmas

OSTI ID:15014398

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

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 with its baseline, blue (3{omega}) operations. This results in a greatly increased 'target design space', providing a number of exciting opportunities for fusion research. These include the prospect of ignition experiments with capsules absorbing energies in the vicinity of 1 MJ. This significant increase in capsule absorbed energy over the original designs at {approx}150 kJ could allow high-gain, high yield experiments on NIF. This paper reports 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 Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15014398
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JRNL-201543
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 11; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
IGNITION
LASERS
PERFORMANCE
PLASMA
TARGETS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY