The science and technologies for fusion energy with lasers and direct-drive targets

J. D. Sethian; D. G. Colombant; J. L. Giuliani; R. H. Lehmberg; M. C. Myers; S. P. Obenschain; A. J. Schmitt; J. Weaver; M. F. Wolford; F. Hegeler; M. Friedman; A. E. Robson; A. Bayramian; J. Caird; C. Ebbers; J. Latkowski; W. Hogan; W. R.Meier; L. L. J.Perkins; K. Schaffers; S. AbdelKahlik; K. Schoonover; D. Sadowski; K. Boehm; L. Carlson; J. Pulsifer; F. Najmabadi; A. R. Raffray; M. S. Tillack; G. Kulcinski; J. P. Blanchard; T. Heltemes; A. Ibrahim; E. Marriott; G. Moses; R. Radell; M. Sawan; J. Santarius; G. Sviatoslavsky; S. S. Zenobia; N. M. Ghoniem; S. Sharafat; J. El-Awady; Q. Hu; C. Duty; K. Leonard; G. Romanoski; L. L. Snead; S. J. Zinkle; C. Gentile; W. Parsells; C. C. Prinksi; T. Kozub; T. Dodson; D. V. Rose; T. Renk; C. Olson; N. Alexander; A. Bozek; G. Flint; D. T. Goodin; J. Hund; R. Paguio; R. W. Petzoldt; D. G. Schroen; J. Sheliak; T. Bernat; D. Bittner; J. Karnes; N. Petta; J. Streit; D. Geller; J. K. Hoffer; M. W. McGeoch; S. C. Glidden; H. Sanders; D. Weidenheimer; D. Morton; I. D. Smith; M. Bobecia; D. Harding; T. Lehecka; S. B. Gilliam; S. M. Gidcumb; D. Forsythe; N. R. Parikh; S. O'Dell; M. Gorensek

doi:10.1109/TPS.2009.2037629

The science and technologies for fusion energy with lasers and direct-drive targets

J. D. Sethian
, D. G. Colombant
, J. L. Giuliani
, R. H. Lehmberg
, M. C. Myers
, S. P. Obenschain
, A. J. Schmitt
, J. Weaver
, M. F. Wolford
, F. Hegeler
, M. Friedman
, A. E. Robson
, A. Bayramian
, J. Caird
, C. Ebbers
, J. Latkowski
, W. Hogan
, W. R.Meier
, L. L. J.Perkins
, K. Schaffers

S. AbdelKahlik, K. Schoonover, D. Sadowski, K. Boehm, L. Carlson, J. Pulsifer, F. Najmabadi, A. R. Raffray, M. S. Tillack, G. Kulcinski, J. P. Blanchard, T. Heltemes, A. Ibrahim, E. Marriott, G. Moses, R. Radell, M. Sawan, J. Santarius, G. Sviatoslavsky, S. S. Zenobia, N. M. Ghoniem, S. Sharafat, J. El-Awady, Q. Hu, C. Duty, K. Leonard, G. Romanoski, L. L. Snead, S. J. Zinkle, C. Gentile, W. Parsells, C. C. Prinksi, T. Kozub, T. Dodson, D. V. Rose, T. Renk, C. Olson, N. Alexander, A. Bozek, G. Flint, D. T. Goodin, J. Hund, R. Paguio, R. W. Petzoldt, D. G. Schroen, J. Sheliak, T. Bernat, D. Bittner, J. Karnes, N. Petta, J. Streit, D. Geller, J. K. Hoffer, M. W. McGeoch, S. C. Glidden, H. Sanders, D. Weidenheimer, D. Morton, I. D. Smith, M. Bobecia, D. Harding, T. Lehecka, S. B. Gilliam, S. M. Gidcumb, D. Forsythe, N. R. Parikh, S. O'Dell, M. Gorensek

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Naval Research Laboratory
Inc.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California at San Diego
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of California at Los Angeles
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Voss Scientific
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
General Atomics
Schafer Corporation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
PLEX Corporation
Applied Pulsed Power, Inc
L-3 Communications
University of Rochester
Pennsylvania State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Plasma Processes, Inc.
Savannah River National Laboratory

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Abstract

We are carrying out a multidisciplinary multiinstitutional program to develop the scientific and technical basis for inertial fusion energy (IFE) based on laser drivers and directdrive targets. The key components are developed as an integrated system, linking the science, technology, and final application of a 1000-MWe pure-fusion power plant. The science and technologies developed here are flexible enough to be applied to other size systems. The scientific justification for this work is a family of target designs (simulations) that show that direct drive has the potential to provide the high gains needed for a pure-fusion power plant. Two competing lasers are under development: the diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPPSL) and the electron-beam-pumped krypton fluoride (KrF) gas laser. This paper will present the current state of the art in the target designs and lasers, as well as the other IFE technologies required for energy, including final optics (grazing incidence and dielectrics), chambers, and target fabrication, injection, and tracking technologies. All of these are applicable to both laser systems and to other laser IFE-based concepts. However, in some of the higher performance target designs, the DPPSL will require more energy to reach the same yield as with the KrF laser.

Original language	English
Article number	5382598
Pages (from-to)	690-703
Number of pages	14
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	38
Issue number	4 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2037629
State	Published - Apr 2010

Keywords

Fusion power generation
Fusion reactors
Laser aplifiers
Laser fusion
Magnetic fields
Nanotechnology
Optical tracking

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Sethian, J. D., Colombant, D. G., Giuliani, J. L., Lehmberg, R. H., Myers, M. C., Obenschain, S. P., Schmitt, A. J., Weaver, J., Wolford, M. F., Hegeler, F., Friedman, M., Robson, A. E., Bayramian, A., Caird, J., Ebbers, C., Latkowski, J., Hogan, W., R.Meier, W., J.Perkins, L. L., ... Gorensek, M. (2010). The science and technologies for fusion energy with lasers and direct-drive targets. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 38(4 PART 2), 690-703. Article 5382598. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2037629

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