Title :
Plasmonic energy nanofocusing for high-efficiency laser fusion ignition
Author_Institution :
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University Kyoto University-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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"
Conference_Titel :
Microoptics Conference (MOC), 2015 20th
Print_ISBN :
978-4-8634-8487-0
DOI :
10.1109/MOC.2015.7416419
