[HTML][HTML] Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review
RS Craxton, KS Anderson, TR Boehly… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The direct-drive, laser-based approach to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is reviewed from
its inception following the demonstration of the first laser to its implementation on the present …
its inception following the demonstration of the first laser to its implementation on the present …
Shock ignition laser-plasma interactions in ignition-scale plasmas
We use a subignition scale laser, the 30 kJ Omega, and a novel shallow-cone target to study
laser-plasma interactions at the ablation-plasma density scale lengths and laser intensities …
laser-plasma interactions at the ablation-plasma density scale lengths and laser intensities …
Shock ignition of thermonuclear fuel: principles and modelling
Shock ignition is an approach to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in which the
stages of compression and hot spot formation are partly separated. The fuel is first imploded …
stages of compression and hot spot formation are partly separated. The fuel is first imploded …
Multiple-beam laser–plasma interactions in inertial confinement fusion
The experimental evidence for multiple-beam laser-plasma instabilities of relevance to laser
driven inertial confinement fusion at the ignition scale is reviewed, in both the indirect and …
driven inertial confinement fusion at the ignition scale is reviewed, in both the indirect and …
Anomalous staged hot-electron acceleration by two-plasmon decay instability in magnetized plasmas
We present a staged hot-electron acceleration mechanism of the two-plasmon decay (TPD)
instability in the transverse magnetic field under the parameters relevant to inertial …
instability in the transverse magnetic field under the parameters relevant to inertial …
Direct measurements of DT fuel preheat from hot electrons in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion
AR Christopherson, R Betti, CJ Forrest, J Howard… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Hot electrons generated by laser-plasma instabilities degrade the performance of laser-
fusion implosions by preheating the DT fuel and reducing core compression. The hot …
fusion implosions by preheating the DT fuel and reducing core compression. The hot …
Generating energetic electrons through staged acceleration in the two-plasmon-decay<? format?> instability in inertial confinement fusion
A new hot-electron generation mechanism in two-plasmon-decay instabilities is described
based on a series of 2D, long-term (<? format?>∼ 10 ps) particle-in-cell and fluid …
based on a series of 2D, long-term (<? format?>∼ 10 ps) particle-in-cell and fluid …
Saturation of the Two-Plasmon Decay Instability in Long-Scale-Length Plasmas Relevant<? format?> to Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion
Measurements of the hot-electron generation by the two-plasmon-decay instability are made
in plasmas relevant to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. Density-scale lengths of 400 μ …
in plasmas relevant to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. Density-scale lengths of 400 μ …
Measured hot-electron intensity thresholds quantified by a two-plasmon-decay resonant common-wave gain in various experimental configurations
DT Michel, AV Maximov, RW Short, JA Delettrez… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The fraction of laser energy converted into hot electrons by the two-plasmon-decay
instability is found to have different overlapped intensity thresholds for various configurations …
instability is found to have different overlapped intensity thresholds for various configurations …
Mitigation of two-plasmon decay in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion through the manipulation of ion-acoustic and Langmuir wave damping
The extended Zakharov model of the two-plasmon decay instability in an inhomogeneous
plasma [DF DuBois et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3983 (1995); DA Russell and DF DuBois …
plasma [DF DuBois et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3983 (1995); DA Russell and DF DuBois …