Absolutely Uniform Illumination of Laser Fusion Pellets.

Abstract

Absolutely uniform illumination of spherical laser fusion pellets is possible when the energy deposition from a single laser beam is given by a simple cos 3 theta distribution. Conditions can be derived for which the laser beam targeting angles allow this absolute illumination uniformity. Configurations based upon the cube and higher order Platonic solids satisfy the constraints, as well as an infinite class of other less symmetric configurations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 17, 1984
Accession Number
ADA138944

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Schmitt

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Illumination
  • Intensity
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Port Security
  • Refraction
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy