Two-plasmon-decay instability stimulated by dual laser beams in inertial confinement fusion

Lian C.-W.; Ji Y.; Yan R.; Li J.; Wang L.-F.; Ding Y.-K.; Zheng J.

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Lian C.-W., Ji Y., Yan R., Li J., Wang L.-F., Ding Y.-K., Zheng J.. Two-plasmon-decay instability stimulated by dual laser beams in inertial confinement fusion[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 017403. doi: 10.1063/5.0235643

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Lian C.-W., Ji Y., Yan R., Li J., Wang L.-F., Ding Y.-K., Zheng J.. Two-plasmon-decay instability stimulated by dual laser beams in inertial confinement fusion[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 017403. doi: 10.1063/5.0235643

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Two-plasmon-decay instability stimulated by dual laser beams in inertial confinement fusion

doi: 10.1063/5.0235643

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Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China

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Corresponding author: a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: ruiyan@ustc.edu.cn and junlisu@ustc.edu.cn
Received Date: 2024-08-28
Accepted Date: 2024-11-28

Available Online: 2025-01-01

Publish Date: 2025-01-02

Abstract

Abstract

Two-plasmon-decay instability (TPD) poses a critical target preheating risk in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. In this paper, TPD collectively driven by dual laser beams consisting of a normal-incidence laser beam (Beam-N) and a large-angle-incidence laser beam (Beam-L) is investigated via particle-in-cell simulations. It is found that significant TPD growth can develop in this regime at previously unexpected low laser intensities if the intensity of Beam-L exceeds the large-angle-incidence threshold. Both beams contribute to the growth of TPD in a “seed-amplification” manner in which the absolute instability driven by Beam-L provides the seeds that are convectively amplified by Beam-N, making TPD energetically important and causing significant pump depletion and hot-electron generation.

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Conflict of Interest
C.-W. Lian: Conceptualization (equal); Data curation (lead); Formal analysis (lead); Investigation (lead); Methodology (equal); Validation (lead); Visualization (lead); Writing – original draft (lead). Y. Ji: Formal analysis (supporting); Methodology (supporting); Validation (supporting). R. Yan: Conceptualization (lead); Formal analysis (equal); Funding acquisition (lead); Methodology (equal); Project administration (lead); Resources (lead); Software (lead); Supervision (lead); Writing – review & editing (lead). J. Li: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Funding acquisition (lead); Project administration (lead); Supervision (equal); Writing – review & editing (lead). L.-F. Wang: Supervision (supporting); Writing – review & editing (supporting). Y.-K. Ding: Supervision (supporting); Writing – review & editing (supporting). J. Zheng: Conceptualization (supporting); Supervision (supporting); Writing – review & editing (supporting).
Author Contributions
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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