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High-density, direct-drive implosion experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. L. McCrory ,
J. M. Soures ,
C. P. Verdon ,
F. J. Marshall ,
S. A. Letzring ,
T. J. Kessler ,
J. P. Knauer ,
H. Kim ,
R. L. Kremens  and
S. Skupsky
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R. L. McCrory
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
J. M. Soures
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
C. P. Verdon
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
F. J. Marshall
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
S. A. Letzring
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
T. J. Kessler
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
J. P. Knauer
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
H. Kim
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
R. L. Kremens
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
S. Skupsky
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
R. L. Keck
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
D. K. Bradley
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
W. D. Seka
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
P. A. Jaanimagi
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
J. A. Delettrez
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
P. W. McKenty
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623-1299
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Abstract

A critical test of direct-drive laser-fusion has been conducted with the demonstration of DT compression to densities in the range of 100–200 times liquid density in experiments on the University of Rochester's OMEGA laser facility. The high-density cyrogenic experiments used 351-nm laser pulses with energies of 1500–1800 J and pulse widths in the range of 600–700 ps.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 8 , Issue 1-2 , January 1990 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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