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 | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Sep 2010 |
Fingerprint
Keywords
- denisty plasma
- solid targets
- fast igniter
- pulses
- fusion
Cite this
}
Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary. / 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.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, No. 13, 135001 , 20.09.2010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary
AU - Ramakrishna, B.
AU - Kar, S.
AU - Robinson, A. P. L.
AU - Adams, D. J.
AU - Markey, K.
AU - Quinn, M. N.
AU - Yuan, X. H.
AU - McKenna, P.
AU - Lancaster, K. L.
AU - Green, J. S.
AU - Scott, R. H. H.
AU - Norreys, P. A.
AU - Schreiber, J.
AU - Zepf, M.
PY - 2010/9/20
Y1 - 2010/9/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - denisty plasma
KW - solid targets
KW - fast igniter
KW - pulses
KW - fusion
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001
M3 - Article
VL - 105
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 13
M1 - 135001
ER -