Driver at 10 MJ and 1 shot/30 min for inertial confinement fusion at high gain: Efficient, compact, low-cost, low laser–plasma instabilities, beam color selectable from 2ω/3ω/4ω, applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes

Sui Zhan; Lan Ke

doi:10.1063/5.0216435

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Sui Zhan, Lan Ke. Driver at 10 MJ and 1 shot/30 min for inertial confinement fusion at high gain: Efficient, compact, low-cost, low laser–plasma instabilities, beam color selectable from 2ω/3ω/4ω, applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(4): 043002. doi: 10.1063/5.0216435

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Sui Zhan, Lan Ke. Driver at 10 MJ and 1 shot/30 min for inertial confinement fusion at high gain: Efficient, compact, low-cost, low laser–plasma instabilities, beam color selectable from 2ω/3ω/4ω, applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(4): 043002. doi: 10.1063/5.0216435

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Sui Zhan, Lan Ke. Driver at 10 MJ and 1 shot/30 min for inertial confinement fusion at high gain: Efficient, compact, low-cost, low laser–plasma instabilities, beam color selectable from 2ω/3ω/4ω, applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(4): 043002. doi: 10.1063/5.0216435

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Driver at 10 MJ and 1 shot/30 min for inertial confinement fusion at high gain: Efficient, compact, low-cost, low laser–plasma instabilities, beam color selectable from 2ω/3ω/4ω, applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes

doi: 10.1063/5.0216435

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Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
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Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: lqling@vip.163.com
Received Date: 2024-04-29
Accepted Date: 2024-05-22

Available Online: 2024-07-01

Publish Date: 2024-07-01

Abstract

Abstract

The achievement of ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has prompted a global wave of further research on inertial fusion energy (IFE). However, IFE requires a target gain G of 30–100, and it is hard to achieve fusion at such high gain with the energy, configuration, and technical approach of the NIF. Here, we present a conceptual design for a next-generation laser driver that is applicable to multiple laser fusion schemes and provides 10 MJ, 2–3 PW at 3ω (or 2ω, in which case the energy and power can be higher), and one shot per 30 min, with the aim of achieving G > 30. It is also efficient, compact, and low in cost, and it has low susceptibility to laser–plasma instabilities.

Author Contributions
Zhan Sui (隋展): Conceptualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal). Ke Lan (蓝可): Conceptualization (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal).
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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