Energetics of Inertial Confinement Fusion Hohlraum Plasmas
- 30 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 80 (13) , 2845-2848
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.80.2845
Abstract
We present the first measurements of radiation temperatures and stimulated scattering losses in laser-driven, gas-filled hohlraums. They show efficient coupling when applying laser beam smoothing techniques. Scattering losses are reduced to the 3% level while the radiation temperatures increased by eV for smoothed laser beams. We observe peak radiation temperatures in excess of 230 eV in gas-filled hohlraums consistent with detailed hydrodynamic LASNEX modeling.
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