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Motivation and fabrication methods for inertial confinement fusion and inertial fusion energy targets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2004

N.G. BORISENKO ,
A.A. AKUNETS ,
V.S. BUSHUEV ,
V.M. DOROGOTOVTSEV  and
Yu.A. MERKULIEV
N.G. BORISENKO
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
A.A. AKUNETS
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
V.S. BUSHUEV
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
V.M. DOROGOTOVTSEV
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
Yu.A. MERKULIEV
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

Popular target designs are reviewed. Possible methods of fusion target fabrication are discussed and the equipment and samples are demonstrated. The properties of the uniform and structured (cluster) materials are considered, showing the advantage of cluster material for energy conversion into soft X rays. The target materials with high content of hydrogen isotopes (BeD2, LiBeD3, or ND3BD3) prove to be more effective for high-power drivers in comparison with beryllium or polyimide.

Keywords

IgnitionPlasmaTarget designTarget fabrication
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 505 - 509
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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