Author/Authors :
Koga، نويسنده , , Mayuko and Arikawa، نويسنده , , Y. and Azechi، نويسنده , , H. and Fujimoto، نويسنده , , Y. and Fujioka، نويسنده , , S. and Habara، نويسنده , , H. and Hironaka، نويسنده , , Y. and Homma، نويسنده , , H. and Hosoda، نويسنده , , H. and Jitsuno، نويسنده , , T. and Johzaki، نويسنده , , T. and Kawanaka، نويسنده , , J. and Kodama، نويسنده , , R. and Mima، نويسنده , , K. and Miyanaga، نويسنده , , N. and Murakami، نويسنده , , M. and Na، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The fast ignition realization experiment (FIREX) project is progressing. The new short pulse laser system, LFEX laser, has been completely assembled and one of the four beamlets is now in operation. A fast-ignition experiment was performed using this single short pulse combined with the Gekko XII implosion laser. The energy of the GXII implosion laser was about 2 kJ and the pulse width was 1.5 ns. The energy of the LFEX laser was increased upto 800 J and two pulse durations 5 and 1.6 ps were compared. Targets were deuterated plastic shells with gold cones. It was found that the neutron yield was increased by a factor of 30 as a result of the fast electron-induced heating in LFEX 1.6 ps shot. The estimated coupling efficiency between the LFEX laser pulse and the compressed fuel was low (less than 5%). This may be due to pre-plasma formed by light arriving at the target before the main laser pulse. Further investigations and attempts to overcome these problems are now in progress.
Keywords :
Inertial fusion , fast ignition , Laser , LFEX , FIREX
