A LASER-DRIVEN IMPLOSION FOR GENERATING VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES.

Abstract

The generation of an implosion for the creation of ultrahigh temperatures using lasers as the energy source is suggested. By using a spherical blast wave to shape the initial density distribution, the laser energy can be preferentially coupled to the periphery of the sphere. An analytical investigation of the implosion in a deuterium-tritium plasma has been made. It was found that above a minimum input energy the thermonuclear energy produced could exceed the laser input energy and the radiative energy loss. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0659155

Entities

People

  • Abraham Hertzberg
  • Charles E. Wittliff
  • John W. Daiber

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Boundaries
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Deuterium
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • High Temperature
  • Implosions
  • Thermonuclear Energy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy