Title :
Petawatt laser driven cluster foils for an intense pulsed neutron source
Author :
Miley, George H. ; Xiaoling Yang
Author_Institution :
NPL Assoc., Inc., Champaign, IL, USA
Abstract :
Current work exploring a method for using a Petawatt laser to irradiate a deuterium-cluster (D-cluster) “converter foil” producing a very high (multi-MeV) energy deuteron beam. When focussed on a tritiated target this beam results in a forward favored angular distribution neutron pulse of large intensity (directional pulsed neutron source).
Keywords :
fusion reactor targets; laser fusion; plasma sources; angular distribution neutron pulse; deuterium-cluster converter foil; high energy deuteron beam; intense pulsed neutron source; laser fusion proton driven fast ignition; petawatt laser driven cluster foils; tritiated target; Deuterium; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Neutrons; Particle beams; Plasmas; MeV neutron beam; Petawatt laser; cluster foil; pulsed neutron source;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2013 IEEE 25th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0169-2
DOI :
10.1109/SOFE.2013.6635511
