• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 1, Issue 3-4, 3-43-4000105 (2013)
Baifei Shen*, Xueyan Zhao, Longqing Yi, Wei Yu, and Zhizhan Xu
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2013.19 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Baifei Shen, Xueyan Zhao, Longqing Yi, Wei Yu, Zhizhan Xu. Inertial confinement fusion driven by long wavelength electromagnetic pulses[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2013, 1(3-4): 3-43-4000105 Copy Citation Text show less
    (Color online) Sketch map of fusion targets designed for (a) normal ICF Programs and (b) in our scheme.
    Fig. 1. (Color online) Sketch map of fusion targets designed for (a) normal ICF Programs and (b) in our scheme.
    (Color online) Energy spectra (a) and longitudinal phase space distribution (b) of the energetic electrons generated by a ${\rm CO}_{2}$ laser pulse (only electrons with energy larger than 500 keV are presented). The blue fitting line in (a) gives an electron temperature of 1.4 MeV.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) Energy spectra (a) and longitudinal phase space distribution (b) of the energetic electrons generated by a ${\rm CO}_{2}$ laser pulse (only electrons with energy larger than 500 keV are presented). The blue fitting line in (a) gives an electron temperature of 1.4 MeV.
    (Color online) Longitudinal momentum of background plasma electrons at the beam position (marked by the red dashed curve) (a). Density distribution of electron beam after propagating 1 mm in the plasma of density $1 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ (b) and $5 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ (c). The energy spectrum of electron beam at propagating distance $x =0$ mm (black curve), $x = 1$ mm in the $1 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ plasma (blue curve), and $x = 1$ mm in the $5 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ plasma (red curve) (d).
    Fig. 3. (Color online) Longitudinal momentum of background plasma electrons at the beam position (marked by the red dashed curve) (a). Density distribution of electron beam after propagating 1 mm in the plasma of density $1 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ (b) and $5 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ (c). The energy spectrum of electron beam at propagating distance $x =0$ mm (black curve), $x = 1$ mm in the $1 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ plasma (blue curve), and $x = 1$ mm in the $5 \times 10^{19}\ {\rm cm}^{-3}$ plasma (red curve) (d).
    Baifei Shen, Xueyan Zhao, Longqing Yi, Wei Yu, Zhizhan Xu. Inertial confinement fusion driven by long wavelength electromagnetic pulses[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2013, 1(3-4): 3-43-4000105
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