Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: A table-top fusion experiment is performed. A 4J/0.4-ns output of an LD-pumped high-rep. laser HAMA is divided into the imploding and heating beams, which are illuminated on double deuterated polystyrene foils separated by 100 µm. Hot electrons produced by the heating pulses heat the imploded core, emitting X-ray radiations >20 eV and yielding some 103 thermal neutrons. The result shows an important step toward developing the fast-ignition scheme fusion plant.
Source: Plasma and Fusion Research
Authors: Yoneyoshi KITAGAWA, Yoshitaka MORI, Osamu KOMEDA, Katsuhiro ISHII, Ryohei HANAYAMA, Kazuhisa FUJITA, Shin-ichiro OKIHARA, Takashi SEKINE, Nakahiro SATO, Takashi KURITA, Toshiyuki KAWASHIMA, Hirofumi KAN, Naoki NAKAMURA, Takuya KONDO, Manabu FUJINE, Hirozumi AZUMA, Tomoyoshi MOTOHIRO, Tatsumi HIOKI, Mitsutaka KAKENO, Yasuhiko NISHIMURA, Atsushi SUNAHARA, Yasuhiko SENTOKU
Institutions: Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), Hamamatsu Photonics (United Kingdom), Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland), Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan), Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan), Toyota Technical Development Corporation (Japan), Institute for Laser Technology, University of Nevada, Reno
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2018133115