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Magnetic suspension of a pellet for inertial confinement fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

H. Yoshida ,
K. Katakami ,
Y. Sakagami ,
H. Azechi ,
H. Nakarai  and
S. Nakai
H. Yoshida
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501–11, Japan
K. Katakami
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501–11, Japan
Y. Sakagami
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501–11, Japan
H. Azechi
Affiliation:
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
H. Nakarai
Affiliation:
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
S. Nakai
Affiliation:
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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Abstract

In inertial confinement fusion experiments, the symmetrical implosion calls for a new scheme: a nonsupported pellet. In this article, the first experiment is conducted using a plastic pellet covered with thin ferromagnetic material. In the system, the digital-phase-lead-compensator takes the position-related signal and processes it to provide a driving signal for the magnetic suspender. The suspended pellet is irradiated by the Gekko XII laser, having its total energy 2700 J with pulse width 800 ps at the wavelength 0.53 μm. The X-ray pinhole photograph confirms the spherically symmetrical implosion at the pellet core. At irradiation, the neutron yield is also observed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 455 - 459
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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