Magnetic confinement system using charged ammonia targets

Patent · 31 December 1978

OSTI ID:863279

Porter, Gary D ^[1]; Bogdanoff, Anatoly ^[2]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Danville, CA

A system for guiding charged laser targets to a predetermined focal spot of a laser along generally arbitrary, and especially horizontal, directions which comprises a series of electrostatic sensors which provide inputs to a computer for real time calculation of position, velocity, and direction of the target along an initial injection trajectory, and a set of electrostatic deflection means, energized according to a calculated output of said computer, to change the target trajectory to intercept the focal spot of the laser which is triggered so as to illuminate the target of the focal spot.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4138317
• OSTI ID: 863279
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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