Demonstration of the Highest Deuterium-Tritium Areal Density Using Multiple-Picket Cryogenic Designs on OMEGA

Journal Article · Fri Apr 23 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.165001· OSTI ID:21410645

Goncharov, V N; Sangster, T C; Boehly, T R; Hu, S X; Igumenshchev, I V; Marshall, F J; McCrory, R L; Meyerhofer, D D; Radha, P B; Seka, W; Skupsky, S; Stoeckl, C; Casey, D T; Frenje, J A; Petrasso, R D ^[1]

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1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623 (United States)

The performance of triple-picket deuterium-tritium cryogenic target designs on the OMEGA Laser System [T. R. Boehly et al., Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] is reported. These designs facilitate control of shock heating in low-adiabat inertial confinement fusion targets. Areal densities up to 300 mg/cm{sup 2} (the highest ever measured in cryogenic deuterium-tritium implosions) are inferred in the experiments with an implosion velocity {approx}3x10{sup 7} cm/s driven at peak laser intensities of 8x10{sup 14} W/cm{sup 2}. Extension of these designs to ignition on the National Ignition Facility [J. A. Paisner et al., Laser Focus World 30, 75 (1994)] is presented.

• OSTI ID: 21410645
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 104; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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