• DocumentCode
    688606
  • Title

    Hohlraum designs for high velocity implosions on NIF

  • Author

    Meezan, N.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Experiments measuring the velocity of hohlraum-driven implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) are described, including a demonstration of the required fusion-fuel velocity Vfuel > 350 km/s with a 520 TW, 1.86 MJ laser pulse.
  • Keywords
    explosions; laser fusion; plasma chemistry; plasma transport processes; Hohlraum designs; NIF; National Ignition Facility; energy 1.86 MJ; fusion-fuel velocity; high velocity implosions; laser pulse; power 520 TW; Fuels; Ignition; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; Velocity measurement; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6832980