Experimental research on inertial fusion at Osaka
Abstract
The current objective of laser fusion research at the Institute of Laser Engineering of Osaka University is to obtain an understanding of the pellet implosion process in the explosive and ablative modes. The physical processes which contribute to inertial fusion are the absorption of laser radiation in the density cutoff region, energy transport into the target, compression dynamics and stability, and fusion burn. The contributions of these processes to the different modes of compression are being studied experimentally. The paper reviews experiments on the coupling of laser radiation to the target, implosion, and REB fusion.
- Publication:
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Advances in Inertial Confinement Systems
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980aics.proc...90N
- Keywords:
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- Inertial Fusion (Reactor);
- Laser Plasma Interactions;
- Reactor Technology;
- Research Projects;
- Brillouin Effect;
- Implosions;
- Laser Targets;
- Pellets;
- Relativistic Electron Beams;
- X Ray Analysis;
- Plasma Physics