Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Target injection is a key technology to realizing inertial fusion energy. Here we present the first demonstration of target injection and neutron generation. We injected more than 600 spherical deuterated polystyrene (C8D8) bead targets during 10 minutes at 1Hz. After the targets fell for a distance of 18cm, we applied the synchronized laser-diode-pumped ultra-intense laser HAMA and successfully generated neutrons repeatedly. The result is a step toward fusion power and also suggests possible industrial neutron sources.
Source: Plasma and Fusion Research
Authors: Osamu KOMEDA, Yasuhiko NISHIMURA, Yoshitaka MORI, Ryohei HANAYAMA, Katsuhiro ISHII, Shinichiro OKIHARA, Kazuhisa FUJITA, Yoneyoshi KITAGAWA, Takashi SEKINE, Nakahiro SATO, Takashi KURITA, Toshiyuki KAWASHIMA, Takeshi WATARI, Hirofumi KAN, Naoki NAKAMURA, Takuya KONDO, Manabu FUJINE, Hirozumi AZUMA, Tomoyoshi MOTOHIRO, Tatsumi HIOKI, Mitsutaka KAKENO, Atsushi SUNAHARA, Yasuhiko SENTOKU, Eisuke MIURA
Institutions: Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Toyota Technical Development Corporation (Japan), Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan), Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan), Institute for Laser Technology, University of Nevada, Reno, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2003174895