Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary

B. Ramakrishna; S. Kar; A. P. L. Robinson; D. J. Adams; K. Markey; M. N. Quinn; X. H. Yuan; P. McKenna; K. L. Lancaster; J. S. Green; R. H. H. Scott; P. A. Norreys; J. Schreiber; M. Zepf

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001

Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary

B. Ramakrishna, S. Kar, A. P. L. Robinson, D. J. Adams, K. Markey, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, K. L. Lancaster, J. S. Green, R. H. H. Scott, P. A. Norreys, J. Schreiber, M. Zepf

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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally that the relativistic electron flow in a dense plasma can be efficiently confined and guided in targets exhibiting a high-resistivity-core-low-resistivity-cladding structure analogous to optical waveguides. The relativistic electron beam is shown to be confined to an area of the order of the core diameter (50 mu m), which has the potential to substantially enhance the coupling efficiency of electrons to the compressed fusion fuel in the Fast Ignitor fusion in full-scale fusion experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	135001
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2010

Keywords

denisty plasma
solid targets
fast igniter
pulses
fusion

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Ramakrishna, B., Kar, S., Robinson, A. P. L., Adams, D. J., Markey, K., Quinn, M. N., Yuan, X. H., McKenna, P., Lancaster, K. L., Green, J. S., Scott, R. H. H., Norreys, P. A., Schreiber, J., & Zepf, M. (2010). Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary. Physical Review Letters, 105(13), Article 135001 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001

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