Pusherless implosion, pulse tailoring and ignition scaling law for laser fusion
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 7 (2) , 249-258
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600006017
Abstract
The conventional implosion scheme for high gain and high density compression depends upon the piston action of an accelerated heavy pusher. However, the contact surface between the pusher and the fuel layer is very unstable in the stagnation phase. In this paper, the laser pulse tailoring and the scaling laws for pellet gain, fuel ρR, etc. are discussed under the condition of very weak piston action of the pusher. The scaling laws indicate that the fuel will be ignited by 100 kJ, 0·35 μm wavelength laser irradiation.Keywords
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