Crossed-beam energy transfer in implosion experiments on OMEGA

Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of implosion experiments on the OMEGA laser system [Boehly et al. , Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] show that energy transfer between crossing laser beams can reduce laser absorption by 10%–20%. A new quantitative model for the crossed-beam energy transfer has been d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of plasmas 2010-12, Vol.17 (12), p.122708-122708-5
Hauptverfasser: Igumenshchev, I. V., Edgell, D. H., Goncharov, V. N., Delettrez, J. A., Maximov, A. V., Myatt, J. F., Seka, W., Shvydky, A., Skupsky, S., Stoeckl, C.
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Zusammenfassung:Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of implosion experiments on the OMEGA laser system [Boehly et al. , Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] show that energy transfer between crossing laser beams can reduce laser absorption by 10%–20%. A new quantitative model for the crossed-beam energy transfer has been developed, allowing one to simulate the coupling of multiple beams in the expanding corona of implosion targets. Scattered-light and bang-time measurements show good agreement with predictions of this model when nonlocal heat transport is employed. The laser absorption can be increased by narrowing laser beams and/or employing two-color light, which both reduce the crossed-beam energy transfer.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.3532817