Irradiation uniformity at the Laser MegaJoule facility in the context of the shock ignition scheme

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    摘要 TheuseoftheLaserMegaJoulefacilitywithintheshockignitionschemehasbeenconsidered.Inthefirstpartofthestudy,one-dimensionalhydrodynamiccalculationswereperformedforaninertialconfinementfusioncapsuleinthecontextoftheshockignitionschemeprovidingtheenergygainandanestimationoftheincreaseofthepeakpowerduetothereductionofthephotonpenetrationexpectedduringthehigh-intensityspikepulse.Inthesecondpart,weconsideredaLaserMegaJouleconfigurationconsistingof176laserbeamsthathavebeengroupedprovidingtwodifferentirradiationschemes.Inthisconfigurationthemaximumavailableenergyandpowerare1.3MJand440TW.Optimizationofthelaser–capsuleparametersthatminimizetheirradiationnon-uniformityduringthefirstfewnsofthefootpulsehasbeenperformed.ThecalculationstakeintoaccountthespecificellipticallaserintensityprofileprovidedattheLaserMegaJouleandtheexpectedbeamuncertainties.Asignificantimprovementoftheilluminationuniformityprovidedbythepolardirectdrivetechniquehasbeendemonstrated.Three-dimensionalhydrodynamiccalculationshavebeenperformedinordertoanalysethemagnitudeoftheazimuthalcomponentoftheirradiationthatisneglectedintwodimensionalhydrodynamicsimulations.
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    出版日期 2014年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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