Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement schemes

Tikhonchuk V.; Gu Y. J.; Klimo O.; Limpouch J.; Weber S.

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Tikhonchuk V., Gu Y. J., Klimo O., Limpouch J., Weber S.. Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(4): 045402. doi: 10.1063/1.5090965

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Tikhonchuk V., Gu Y. J., Klimo O., Limpouch J., Weber S.. Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(4): 045402. doi: 10.1063/1.5090965

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Tikhonchuk V., Gu Y. J., Klimo O., Limpouch J., Weber S.. Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(4): 045402. doi: 10.1063/1.5090965

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Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement schemes

doi: 10.1063/1.5090965

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ELI-Beamlines, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, University of Bordeaux–CNRS–CEA, Talence 33405, France
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Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 18200 Prague, Czech Republic
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FNSPE, Czech Technical University in Prague, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic

Received Date: 2019-01-31
Accepted Date: 2019-04-02

Available Online: 2021-04-15

Publish Date: 2019-07-15

Abstract

Abstract

Comprehensive understanding and possible control of parametric instabilities in the context of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) remains a challenging task. The details of the absorption processes and the detrimental effects of hot electrons on the implosion process require as much effort on the experimental side as on the theoretical and simulation side. This paper describes a proposal for experimental studies on nonlinear interaction of intense laser pulses with a high-temperature plasma under conditions corresponding to direct-drive ICF schemes. We propose to develop a platform for laser-plasma interaction studies based on foam targets. Parametric instabilities are sensitive to the bulk plasma temperature and the density scale length. Foam targets are sufficiently flexible to allow control of these parameters. However, investigations conducted on small laser facilities cannot be extrapolated in a reliable way to real fusion conditions. It is therefore necessary to perform experiments at a multi-kilojoule energy level on medium-scale facilities such as OMEGA or SG-III. An example of two-plasmon decay instability excited in the interaction of two laser beams is considered.

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