Laser Induced Fusion In Deuterium Clusters Irradiated By Softly Focused, Petawatt Pulses

Gilliss Dyer,Erhard Gaul,Mikael Martinez,Aaron Bernstein,H. J. Quevedo,W. Bang,Teddy Borger,Brendan P. Murphy,Matthew McCormick,D. Kuk,Johannes Rougk,Douglas Hammond,Ramiro Escamilla,Martin Ringuette,F. Aymond,T. Ditmire

Laser Induced Fusion In Deuterium Clusters Irradiated By Softly Focused, Petawatt Pulses

2009

Gilliss Dyer
Erhard Gaul
Mikael Martinez
Aaron Bernstein
H. J. Quevedo
W. Bang
Teddy Borger
Brendan P. Murphy
Matthew McCormick
D. Kuk
Johannes Rougk
Douglas Hammond
Ramiro Escamilla
Martin Ringuette
F. Aymond
T. Ditmire

We present the results of the first target shots on the Texas Petawatt Laser. Petawatt pulses are softly focused into a deuterium cluster gas plume to produce a large volume plasma and high neutron yield.

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Plasma
Neutron
Atomic physics
Laser
Irradiation
Deuterium
Cluster (physics)
Chirped pulse amplification
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Physics
Optics
Fusion
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