Ion wave instabilities in laser-generated plasmas. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5874313
This report describes procedures of achieving nuclear fusion in on-going laser-target plasma experiments. Thomson scattering is used to directly measure ion density fluctuations without the complication of self-generated magnetic fields and resonant absorption processes. The plasma is generated in hydrogen or deuterium at a pressure of 300 torr by a pulsed CO2 laser and the resulting plasma is diagnosed using a ruby laser to obtain the density, expansion velocities, shock structure and fluctuation level from holographic interferograms, schlieren photographs and incoherent scattering measurements respectively.
- Research Organization:
- Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5874313
- Report Number(s):
- PB-81-168270
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700208 -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
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LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
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PLASMA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES