A new technique for fabricating cryogenic laser-fusion targets using cold-gas jets
- 15 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 34 (4) , 282-283
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90760
Abstract
A new technique of fabricating a uniform layer of solid DT inside a glass microshell has been developed using a heater‐wire–cold‐gas‐jets combination. A D2‐filled glass microsphere was continuously cooled by two cold‐helium‐gas jets, and a controlled amount of current was pulsed through a heater wire surrounding the microshell. This gave rise to fast evaporation and refreezing of the D2 inside the glass shell, resulting in a uniform layer of frozen D2. This new scheme has potential application in the development of a target‐fabrication system which would allow for continuous fabrication, inspection, and delivery of cryogenic laser‐fusion targets.Keywords
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