Engineering aspects of cryogenic laser-fusion targets

Conference · Wed Jun 06 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9856-1_6· OSTI ID:5596067

Musinski, D L; Henderson, T M; Simms, R J; Pattinson, T R; Jacobs, R B

Most current laser-fusion targets consist of hollow spherical glass shells which have been filled with a mixture of gaseous deuterium-tritium fuel. Theoretical considerations suggest that optimum yields can be obtained from these targets if the fuel is condensed as a uniform liquid or solid layer on the inner surface of the glass shell at the time it is irradiated. In principle, this can be accomplished in a straightforward way by cooling the target below the condensation or freezing point of the fuel. In practice, cryogenic targets can appear in routine laser experiments only when the necessary cryogenic technology is reliably integrated into experimental target chambers. Significant progress has been made recently in this field. The authors will discuss the scientific basis and the various engineering features of a system which has allowed the successful irradiation of uniform solid-fuel-layer targets.

• Research Organization: KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (USA); Jacobs (R.B.) Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-78DP40030
• OSTI ID: 5596067
• Report Number(s): KMSF-U-907; CONF-790815-36
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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060201* -- Fusion Fuels-- Fabrication & Testing-- (1980-1987)
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
CONFIGURATION
CRYOGENICS
DESIGN
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
DEUTERIUM TRITIDES
ENGINEERING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LASER TARGETS
LAYERS
SHELLS
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
TARGET CHAMBERS
TARGETS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS