Abstract
The Omega Laser Facility is used to study inertial confinement fusion (ICF) concepts. This paper describes progress in direct-drive central hot-spot (CHS) ICF, shock ignition (SI) and fast ignition (FI) since the 2008 IAEA FEC conference. CHS cryogenic deuterium-tritium (DT) target implosions on OMEGA have produced the highest DT areal densities yet measured in ICF implosions (∼300 mg cm-2). Integrated FI experiments have shown a significant increase in neutron yield caused by an appropriately timed high-intensity, high-energy laser pulse.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 053010 |
Journal | Nuclear Fusion |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics