Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Getting beyond unity fusion ‘fuel-gain’ in an inertially confined fusion implosion

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

In this talk, we will discuss the progress towards ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Northern California. We will cover the some of the setbacks encountered during the progress of the research at NIF, but also cover the great advances that have been made including the achievements of greater than unity fusion 'fuel gain' and alpha-heating dominated fusion plasmas. The research strategy for the future will also be discussed.

© 2015 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Overview of Performance and Progress with Inertially Confined Fusion Implosions on the National Ignition Facility

O. A. Hurricane, P. Amendt, L. R. Benedetti, E. Bond, D. Bradley, J. Caggiano, D. A. Callahan, D. T. Casey, D. Clark, E. L. Dewald, T. R. Dittrich, T. Doeppner, L. Divol, S. Dixit, D. Edgell, M. J. Edwards, D. Fittinghoff, J. Frenje, M. A. Barrios Garcia, M. Gatu-Johnson, G. Grim, S. Haan, A. Hamza, R. Haterik, D. E. Hinkel, D. Ho, M. Hohenberger, D. Hoover, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, W. Hsing, et al.
FTh3A.1 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2015

The NIF: an International High Energy Density and Inertial Fusion User Facility

E. I. Moses
ATu2L.1 CLEO: Applications and Technology (CLEO:A&T) 2013

The Challenge of Solid-State Lasers for Inertial Confinement Fusion

Howard T. Powell
PT1 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 1996

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial technologies or similar technologies.