Title :
Petawatt laser for fast ignitor and laser matter interaction research
Author :
Kitagawa, Y. ; Fujita, H. ; Kodama, R. ; Yoshida, H. ; Jitsuno, T. ; Sakabe, S. ; Tanaka, K.A. ; Nishimura, H. ; Izawa, Y. ; Mima, K. ; Yamanaka, T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The world´s biggest petawatt laser is constructed for research of the fast ignitor and related ultraintense laser matter interactions above 10/sup 20/ W/cm/sup 2/. The recent experiments of the fast ignitor are also presented.
Keywords :
laser fusion; solid lasers; 1 PW; Faraday rotator; GEKKO XII beams; beam expander; core heating; diffraction gratings; fast ignitor; focusing system; laser design parameters; laser fusion; laser-illuminated solid targets; neutron yields; overdense plasma; petawatt laser; spherical target illumination; ultraintense laser matter interactions; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser fusion; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970546
