Title :
Experiments on the observation of neutron emission at a focus of high-power laser radiation on a lithium deuteride surface
Author :
Basov, N.G. ; Kriukov, P.G. ; Zakharov, S. ; Senatsky, Yu V. ; Tchekalin, S.V.
Author_Institution :
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR
fDate :
11/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Theoretical calculations indicate that laser radiation may be used to heat a deuterium plasma to temperatures at which thermonuclear neutron emission may be observed. Using a neodymium glass laser, producing a 20-joule pulse of approximately 10-11-second pulse length, preliminary evidence of neutron emission has been obtained.
Keywords :
Glass; Laser theory; Lithium; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Plasma temperature; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Radioactive decay; Surface emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1968.1074981
