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Present and future of laser fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

C. Yamanaka
C. Yamanaka
Affiliation:
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Institute for Laser Technology Osaka, Japan
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Abstract

The key issues of laser fusion are to achieve highly efficient implosion by the ablation and to reach the high gain of a fuel pellet. Measures of the success are the neutron yield and the areal density of the fuel. Recent results show the neutron yield per laser shot to be 1013, and the ρR is 0·2g/cm2. These data seem to be approaching the breakeven condition.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 477 - 482
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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