Abstract:
An increase in the yield of fast neutrons is experimentally demonstrated by exciting a nuclear DD reaction in the interaction of a relativistically intense (over 1018 W cm-2) ultrashort laser pulse with a deuterated low-average-density target volume-structured at the wavelength scale. It is shown that decreasing the average target density from 0.78 to 0.35 g cm-3 doubles the neutron flux, which reaches 7 × 104 particles per 1 J of input energy. The effect may be associated with an increase in the number of accelerated deuterium ions due to the three dimensional expansion of individual elements of the target structure.
Citation:
K. A. Ivanov, S. A. Shulyapov, I. N. Tsymbalov, A. A. Akunets, N. G. Borisenko, I. M. Mordvintsev, I. V. Bozh'ev, R. V. Volkov, S. G. Bochkarev, V. Yu. Bychenkov, A. B. Savel'ev, “Efficiency enhancement of thermonuclear DD reaction in femtosecond laser plasma with the use of structured low-average-density targets”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 50:2 (2020), 169–174 [Quantum Electron., 50:2 (2020), 169–174]
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