Title :
NIF ignition diagnostics
Abstract :
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a 1.8 MJ, 192 beam laser designed to produce the conditions of temperature and density in compressed deuterium-tritium ice which theory predicted would produce thermonuclear ignition. All of the exquisite technical requirements of the laser and the targets have been met. A comprehensive set of diagnostics has been installed with major contributions from the eight Laboratories and Universities and four countries.
Keywords :
fusion reactor targets; laser fusion; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; NIF Ignition diagnostics; National Ignition Facility; beam laser; compressed deuterium-tritium ice density condition; compressed deuterium-tritium ice temperature condition; laser technical requirements; thermonuclear ignition; Atomic beams; Heating; Ignition; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
