光学学报, 2006, 26 (10): 1594, 网络出版: 2006-10-31
利用整形激光脉冲压缩薄膜靶得到中子源
Neutron Source from Thin Foil Target Compressed by Shaped Laser Pulses
超快光学 等离子体 整形脉冲 激波 压缩 中子源 ultrafast optics plasma shaped laser pulses shock waves compression neutron source
摘要
研究了整形激光脉冲对冰冻氘氚靶的压缩。通过数值分析,发现利用分步激光产生的系列激波压缩氘氚靶可以获得较高密度和较低温度的等离子体靶。初始激光强度的选取将影响到压缩后的等离子体密度,继而影响到产生中子的数量。通过调节初始激光强度可以使压缩后的氘氚靶温度处在反应率比较高的范围内,从而得到优化结果。当初始归一化激光振幅为0.5,最终为32时,压缩后的氘氚靶密度可达到18416倍的临界密度,温度达到16 keV,每焦耳入射激光能量可得到109个中子,这个中子产额比现有其他方法所得到的中子产额大4个数量级。
Abstract
The frozen deuterium-tritium (DT) foil compressed by shaped laser pulses is explored, and analytical results show that the foil plasma target with relatively high density and low temperature can be obtained after compression by stepped lasergenerated multi-shock waves. The choice of initial laser intensity influences the plasma density after compression and the number of neutron to be produced. The optimized result is obtained by adjusting the initial laser intensity to keep a high neutron high productivity in the compressed DT target. When the original scaled laser amplitude is 0.5 and the final 32, the foil's density reaches 18416 times critical density, the temperature reaches 16 keV, and 109 /J neutrons are produced after compression, which is four orders of magnitude larger than that from other ways.
张晓梅, 沈百飞. 利用整形激光脉冲压缩薄膜靶得到中子源[J]. 光学学报, 2006, 26(10): 1594. 张晓梅, 沈百飞. Neutron Source from Thin Foil Target Compressed by Shaped Laser Pulses[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2006, 26(10): 1594.