Hydrodynamic Efficiency Measurements from Directly Driven Implosion Experiments at λ = 0.26 μm

M Koenig , E Fabre , Victor Malka (1) , P Hammerling , A Michard , J. M Boudenne , P Fews

1 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses

The coupling and implosion efficiencies, defined respectively as the ratios of the thermal energy in the fuel and the kinetic energy in the shell to the absorbed laser energy, have been estimated in a series of experiments using λ = 0.26 μm laser illumination of D-T–filled glass microballoons.

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

M Koenig, E Fabre, Victor Malka, P Hammerling, A Michard, et al.. Hydrodynamic Efficiency Measurements from Directly Driven Implosion Experiments at λ = 0.26 μm. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 1992, 18 (6), pp.493-498. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/18/6/004⟩. ⟨hal-01164889⟩