Rayleigh Taylor and Laser Imprinting Diagnostics

Abstract

The standard scenario of inertial fusion energy (IFE) is illustrated in Fig. 1. Laser beams symmetrically irradiate the surface of a fusion target that contains equimolar mixture of deuterium and tritium (DT) cryogenic layer, the target is imploded by rocket- like blow-off of the surrace materials; when the target is stagnated, the kinetic energy of the target is converted to internal energy of the compressed core plasma which consists of a high-temperature, low-density hot spark and a low-temperature and, high-density main fuel. If the areal density of the hot spark is large enough to stop the fusion- generated alpha particles, the hot spark will ignite and the burn wave will propagates through the main fuel before hydrodynamic disassembly.