A wave-based model for cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion
Abstract
Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) is thought to be responsible for a 30% reduction in hydrodynamic coupling efficiency on OMEGA and up to 50% at the ignition scale for direct-drive (DD) implosions. These numbers are determined by ray-based models that have been developed and integrated within the radiation–hydrodynamics codes LILAC (1-D) and DRACO (2-D). However, ray-based modeling of CBET in an inhomogeneous plasma assumes a steady-state plasma response, does not include the effects of beam speckle, and treats ray caustics in an ad hoc manner. The validity of the modeling for ignition-scale implosions has not yet been determined. To address the physics shortcomings, which have important implications for DD inertial confinement fusion, a new wave-based model has been developed. It solves the time-enveloped Maxwell equations in three dimensions, including polarization effects, plasma inhomogeneity, and open-boundary conditions with the ability to prescribe beams incident at arbitrary angles. Beams can be made realistic with respect to laser speckle, polarization smoothing, and laser bandwidth. This, coupled to a linearized low-frequency plasma response that does not assume a steady state, represents the most-complete model of CBET to date.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics, and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics, and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1465762
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1361848
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Myatt, J. F., Follett, R. K., Shaw, J. G., Edgell, D. H., Froula, D. H., Igumenshchev, I. V., and Goncharov, V. N. A wave-based model for cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4982059.
Myatt, J. F., Follett, R. K., Shaw, J. G., Edgell, D. H., Froula, D. H., Igumenshchev, I. V., & Goncharov, V. N. A wave-based model for cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982059
Myatt, J. F., Follett, R. K., Shaw, J. G., Edgell, D. H., Froula, D. H., Igumenshchev, I. V., and Goncharov, V. N. Mon .
"A wave-based model for cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982059. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1465762.
@article{osti_1465762,
title = {A wave-based model for cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion},
author = {Myatt, J. F. and Follett, R. K. and Shaw, J. G. and Edgell, D. H. and Froula, D. H. and Igumenshchev, I. V. and Goncharov, V. N.},
abstractNote = {Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) is thought to be responsible for a 30% reduction in hydrodynamic coupling efficiency on OMEGA and up to 50% at the ignition scale for direct-drive (DD) implosions. These numbers are determined by ray-based models that have been developed and integrated within the radiation–hydrodynamics codes LILAC (1-D) and DRACO (2-D). However, ray-based modeling of CBET in an inhomogeneous plasma assumes a steady-state plasma response, does not include the effects of beam speckle, and treats ray caustics in an ad hoc manner. The validity of the modeling for ignition-scale implosions has not yet been determined. To address the physics shortcomings, which have important implications for DD inertial confinement fusion, a new wave-based model has been developed. It solves the time-enveloped Maxwell equations in three dimensions, including polarization effects, plasma inhomogeneity, and open-boundary conditions with the ability to prescribe beams incident at arbitrary angles. Beams can be made realistic with respect to laser speckle, polarization smoothing, and laser bandwidth. This, coupled to a linearized low-frequency plasma response that does not assume a steady state, represents the most-complete model of CBET to date.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4982059},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 5,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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