Laser fusion ion temperatures determined by neutron time-of-flight techniques
- 15 November 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 31 (10) , 645-647
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89509
Abstract
Measurements have been made of the energy spectrum of neutrons emitted as a result of laser compression of D‐T‐filled glass microshells using a time‐of‐flight spectrometer. From the width of unfolded energy spectra, plasma ion temperatures of approximately 6 keV have been determined for 90‐μm‐diam targets irradiated with 2 TW of 1.06‐μm light. The measured mean neutron energy of 14.00±0.10 MeV agrees with the expected value of 14.05 MeV.Keywords
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