Shock-ignition relevant experiments with planar targets on OMEGA

作者: M Hohenberger , W Theobald , SX Hu , KS Anderson , R Betti

DOI: 10.1063/1.4865373

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摘要: We report on laser-driven, strong-shock generation and hot-electron production in planar targets the presence of a pre-plasma at shock-ignition (SI) relevant laser conditions. 2-D simulations reproduce shock dynamics well, indicating ablator shocks up to 75 Mbar have been generated. observe temperatures ∼70 keV intensities 1.4 × 1015 W/cm2 with multiple overlapping beams driving two-plasmon decay instability. When extrapolated SI-relevant ∼1016 W/cm2, hot electron temperature will likely exceed 100 keV, suggesting that tightly focused without overlap are better suited for launching ignitor shock.

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