Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T22:54:34.713Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Development of laser fusion investigations at All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

G.A. KIRILLOV ,
S.G. GARANIN ,
G.G. KOCHEMASOV ,
L.S. MKHITARIAN ,
V.M. MURUGOV ,
S.A. SUKHAREV  and
N.V. ZHIDKOV
G.A. KIRILLOV
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
S.G. GARANIN
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
G.G. KOCHEMASOV
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
L.S. MKHITARIAN
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
V.M. MURUGOV
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
S.A. SUKHAREV
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
N.V. ZHIDKOV
Affiliation:
Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607190, pr. Mira 37, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, Russia
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Since 1973, research into the problem of laser thermonuclear fusion has been carried out at VNIIEF. For this purpose, laser iodine facilities ISKRA-4 and ISKRA-5 with the peak radiation power up to 100 TW have been created. In the present work, the main stages of these facilities creation, approaches to the selection of the pumping sources, working media, optical scheme, radiation focusing system, the system of the pumping sources energy feed, laser radiation, and plasma parameters diagnostics methods are shown. There are also presented types of the targets, filled with DT-gas, in which the high temperature plasma is formed and its parameters are studied. Data on values of neutron yield, of X rays in wide energy range, degree of implosion, and data on mix of heavy and light layers of matter are presented as well.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 487 - 498
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)