• DocumentCode
    3752641
  • Title

    Plasmonic energy nanofocusing for high-efficiency laser fusion ignition

  • Author

    Katsuaki Tanabe

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto University-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose an efficient laser fusion ignition system consisting of metal nanoparticles or nanoshells embedded in conventional deuterated polystyrene fuel targets. The incident optical energy of heating laser is highly concentrated around the metallic particulates randomly dispersed inside imploded targets due to the electromagnetic-field-enhancement effect by surface plasmon resonance, and thus effectively triggers nuclear-fusion chain reactions. Our preliminary calculations exhibit field enhancement factors around 50 and 1100 for spherical Ag nanoparticles and Ag/SiO2 nanoshells, respectively, in the 1-μm band.
  • Keywords
    "Nanoparticles","Heating","Metals","Fuels","Ignition","Optical surface waves","Finite element analysis"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microoptics Conference (MOC), 2015 20th
  • Print_ISBN
    978-4-8634-8487-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MOC.2015.7416419
  • Filename
    7416419
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3752641