• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 03000e41 (2023)
Tao Tao1, Guannan Zheng1, Qing Jia1, Rui Yan2、3, and Jian Zheng1、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering and CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
  • 2Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2023.35 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Tao Tao, Guannan Zheng, Qing Jia, Rui Yan, Jian Zheng. Laser pulse shape designer for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(3): 03000e41 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Pulse shaping is a powerful tool for mitigating implosion instabilities in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF). However, the high-dimensional and nonlinear nature of implosions makes the pulse optimization quite challenging. In this research, we develop a machine-learning pulse shape designer to achieve high compression density and stable implosion. The facility-specific laser imprint pattern is considered in the optimization, which makes the pulse design more relevant. The designer is applied to the novel double-cone ignition scheme, and simulation shows that the optimized pulse increases the areal density expectation by 16% in one dimension, and the clean-fuel thickness by a factor of four in two dimensions. This pulse shape designer could be a useful tool for direct-drive ICF instability control.
    $$\begin{align} \gamma =\sqrt{\alpha_1\left(\nu, \epsilon \right) kg+{\alpha}_2\left(\nu, \epsilon, {F}_\mathrm{r}\right){k}^2{V}_\mathrm{a}^2}-{\beta}_1\left(\nu, \epsilon \right){kV}_\mathrm{a},\end{align}$$ ((1))

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    $$\begin{align}\mathrm{IPS}\left({\rho}_\mathrm{a,}A\right)&=\left\{1-2/\left[1+\exp \left({\rho}_\mathrm{a}/0.7\ \mathrm{g}\cdot {\mathrm{cm}}^{-2}\right)\right]^2\right\} \nonumber\\& \quad \cdot \exp \left[-{\left(A/3\;\mu \mathrm{m}\right)}^2\right].\end{align}$$ ((2))

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    $$\begin{align}S\left(\tilde{P}\right)=\sum \limits_k{S}_k\frac{\left|\right|\tilde{P}-{c}_k{\left|\right|}^{-2}}{\sum \limits_j\left|\right|\tilde{P}-{c}_j{\left|\right|}^{-2}}, \end{align}$$ ((3))

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    Tao Tao, Guannan Zheng, Qing Jia, Rui Yan, Jian Zheng. Laser pulse shape designer for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2023, 11(3): 03000e41
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