• DocumentCode
    1983187
  • Title

    Neutron yield dependence on deuterium ion energy distribution from deuterated methane clusters with an intense femtosecond laser

  • Author

    Nam, S. ; Lee, S. ; Han, J. ; Rhee, Y.J. ; Cha, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Quantum Opt., Korea Atomic Energy Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Neutron generation experiment with deuterated methane (CD4) clusters exposed to a femtosecond laser beam (620 mJ, 28 fs) was done. The relation of ion energy distribution to cluster size was studied. By analyzing TOF ion signals, neutron yield was estimated to be 2 times 105 per laser shot.
  • Keywords
    deuterium; laser fusion; neutrons; deuterated methane clusters; deuterium ion energy distribution; intense femtosecond laser; laser fusion; neutron yield dependence; Deuterium; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Neutrons; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; Cluster; Fast neutron; Laser fusion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292698
  • Filename
    5292698