High-Aspect-Ratio Laser-Fusion Targets Driven by 24-Beam uv Laser Radiation
- 12 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (19), 2048-2051
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.2048
Abstract
The implosions of thin-walled, large-diameter, deuterium-tritium-filled glass microballoon targets ablatively driven by the 351-nm, 2-kJ OMEGA laser are reported. Compressed-fuel diagnostics, including the first direct simultaneous measurements of the fuel and shell areal densities, and detailed hydrodynamic simulations determine the effect of illumination uniformity on implosion symmetry.Keywords
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