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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292698
