Numerical calculations of the irradiation of the cone in a conically guided capsule
- ETSIA, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040 (Spain)
- CEA/DAM/DIF, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex (France)
A conically guided capsule directly driven by laser beams has been considered. The capsule is irradiated by 31 laser beams characterized by a super-Gaussian power profile. The implosion of the capsule is assumed perfectly spherical, neglecting any effect due to the inserted cone. A three-dimensional ray-tracing package has been developed to evaluate the direct irradiation of the external surface of the inserted cone as a function of time. For the laser-capsule configuration analyzed in this work, it is found that the surface of the cone initially located inside the capsule suffer the highest irradiation with a peak intensity as high as 3x10{sup 14} W/cm{sup 2}.
- OSTI ID:
- 21277343
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 16; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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