• DocumentCode
    1609162
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2013 IEEE 25th Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0169-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOFE.2013.6635511
  • Filename
    6635511