Abstract :
This article presents issues concerning the achievement of ignition through inertial confinement fusion at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). These include the optimization of laser energy delivery, hohlraum design, and tritium fuel breeding. Magnetic confinement fusion, as an alternative to laser fusion, is also discussed as well as efforts towards a future commercial fusion reactor.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactors; laser fusion; plasma toroidal confinement; NIF; National Ignition Facility; commercial fusion reactor; hohlraum design; ignition; inertial confinement fusion; laser energy delivery optimization; laser fusion alternative; magnetic confinement fusion; tritium fuel breeding;
