Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 10088, China
2 Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 10088, China
Extrapolation of implosion performance between different laser energy scales is investigated for indirect drive through a semi-hydro-equivalent design. Since radiation transport is non-hydro-equivalent, the peak radiation temperature of the hohlraum and the ablation velocity of the capsule ablator are not scale-invariant when the sizes of the hohlraum and the capsule are scale-varied. A semi-hydro-equivalent design method that keeps the implosion velocity Vi, adiabat αF, and (where PL is the laser power and Rhc is the hohlraum and capsule scale length) scale-invariant, is proposed to create hydrodynamically similar implosions. The semi-hydro-equivalent design and the scaled implosion performance are investigated for the 100 kJ Laser Facility (100 kJ-scale) and the National Ignition Facility (NIF-scale) with about 2 MJ laser energy. It is found that the one-dimensional implosion performance is approximately hydro-equivalent when Vi and αF are kept the same. Owing to the non-hydro-equivalent radiation transport, the yield-over-clean without α-particle heating (YOCnoα) is slightly lower at 100 kJ-scale than at NIF-scale for the same scaled radiation asymmetry or the same initial perturbation of the hydrodynamic instability. The overall scaled two-dimensional implosion performance is slightly lower at 100 kJ-scale. The general Lawson criterion factor scales as (where S is the scale-variation factor) for the semi-hydro-equivalent implosion design with a moderate YOCnoα. Our study indicates that χnoα ≈ 0.379 is the minimum requirement for the 100 kJ-scale implosion to demonstrate the ability to achieve marginal ignition at NIF-scale.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2024, 9(1): 015601
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
2 Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
3 HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, and College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
The first laser–plasma interaction experiment using lasers of eight beams grouped into one octad has been conducted on the Shenguang Octopus facility. Although each beam intensity is below its individual threshold for stimulated Brillouin backscattering (SBS), collective behaviors are excited to enhance the octad SBS. In particular, when two-color/cone lasers with wavelength separation 0.3 nm are used, the backward SBS reflectivities show novel behavior in which beams of longer wavelength achieve higher SBS gain. This property of SBS can be attributed to the rotation of the wave vectors of common ion acoustic waves due to the competition of detunings between geometrical angle and wavelength separation. This mechanism is confirmed using massively parallel supercomputer simulations with the three-dimensional laser–plasma interaction code LAP3D.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2023, 8(5): 055602
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
2 Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
3 Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China
4 HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, and College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
A recently proposed octahedral spherical hohlraum with six laser entrance holes (LEHs) is an attractive concept for an upgraded laser facility aiming at a predictable and reproducible fusion gain with a simple target design. However, with the laser energies available at present, LEH size can be a critical issue. Owing to the uncertainties in simulation results, the LEH size should be determined on the basis of experimental evidence. However, determination of LEH size of an ignition target at a small-scale laser facility poses difficulties. In this paper, we propose to use the prepulse of an ignition pulse to determine the LEH size for ignition-scale hohlraums via LEH closure behavior, and we present convincing evidence from multiple diagnostics at the SGIII facility with ignition-scale hohlraum, laser prepulse, and laser beam size. The LEH closure observed in our experiment is in agreement with data from the National Ignition Facility. The total LEH area of the octahedral hohlraum is found to be very close to that of a cylindrical hohlraum, thus successfully demonstrating the feasibility of the octahedral hohlraum in terms of laser energy, which is crucially important for sizing an ignition-scale octahedrally configured laser system. This work provides a novel way to determine the LEH size of an ignition target at a small-scale laser facility, and it can be applied to other hohlraum configurations for the indirect drive approach.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2022, 7(6): 065901
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
2 HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
In inertial confinement fusion (ICF), overlapping of laser beams is common. Owing to the effective high laser intensity of the overlapped beams, the collective mode of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) with a shared scattered light wave is potentially important. In this work, an exact analytic solution for the convective gain coefficient of the collective SBS modes with shared scattered wave is presented for two overlapped beams based on a linear kinetic model. The effects of the crossing angle, polarization states, and finite beam overlapping volume of the two laser beams on the shared light modes are analyzed for cases with zero and nonzero wavelength difference between the two beams. It is found that all these factors have a significant influence on the shared light modes of SBS. Furthermore, the out-of-plane modes, in which the wavevectors of daughter waves lie in different planes from the two overlapped beams, are found to be important for certain polarization states and especially for obtuse crossing angles. In particular, adjusting the polarization directions of the two beams to be orthogonal to each other or tuning the wavelength difference to a sufficiently large value (of the order of nanometers) are found to be effective methods to suppress the shared light modes of SBS. This work will be helpful for comprehending and suppressing collective SBS with shared scattered waves in ICF experiments.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2021, 6(6): 065903
1 北京应用物理与计算数学研究所,北京 100094
2 北京大学 应用物理与技术研究中心 高能量密度物理数值模拟教育部重点实验室工学院,北京 100871
3 中国工程物理研究院 激光聚变研究中心,四川 绵阳 621900
4 中国工程物理研究院 上海激光等离子体研究所,上海 201800
5 中国矿业大学(北京),北京 100083
6 中国海洋大学 数学科学学院,山东 青岛 266100
7 安徽大学 物理与材料科学学院,合肥 230039
激光聚变有望一劳永逸地解决人类的能源问题,因而受到国际社会的普遍重视,一直是国际研究的前沿热点。目前实现激光惯性约束聚变所面临的最大科学障碍(属于内禀困难)是对内爆过程中高能量密度流体力学不稳定性引起的非线性流动的有效控制,对其研究涵盖高能量密度物理、等离子体物理、流体力学、计算科学、强冲击物理和高压原子物理等多个学科,同时还要具备大规模多物理多尺度多介质流动的数值模拟能力和高功率大型激光装置等研究条件。作为新兴研究课题,高能量密度非线性流动问题充满了各种新奇的现象亟待探索。此外,流体力学不稳定性及其引起的湍流混合,还是天体物理现象(如星系碰撞与合并、恒星演化、原始恒星的形成以及超新星爆炸)中的重要过程,涉及天体物理的一些核心研究内容。本文首先综述了高能量密度非线性流动研究的现状和进展,梳理了其中的挑战和机遇。然后介绍了传统中心点火激光聚变内爆过程发生的主要流体力学不稳定性,在大量分解和综合物理研究基础上,凝练出了目前制约美国国家点火装置(NIF)内爆性能的主要流体不稳定性问题。接下来,总结了国外激光聚变流体不稳定性实验物理的研究概况。最后,展示了内爆物理团队近些年在激光聚变内爆流体不稳定性基础性问题方面的主要研究进展。该团队一直从事激光聚变内爆非线性流动研究与控制,以及聚变靶物理研究与设计,注重理论探索和实验研究相结合,近年来在内爆重要流体力学不稳定性问题的解析理论、数值模拟和激光装置实验设计与数据分析等方面取得了一系列重要成果,有力地推动了该研究方向在国内的发展。
激光聚变 惯性约束聚变 流体力学不稳定性 高能量密度物理 非线性流动 辐射流体力学 内爆物理 laser fusion inertial confinement fusion hydrodynamic instability high-energy-density physics nonlinear flow radiation hydrodynamics implosion physics 强激光与粒子束
2021, 33(1): 012001
强激光与粒子束
2020, 32(9): 092007
强激光与粒子束
2020, 32(9): 092004
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, People’s Republic of China
2 Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, People’s Republic of China
3 CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Department of Engineering and Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, People’s Republic of China
We report experimental research on laser plasma interaction (LPI) conducted in Shenguang laser facilities during the past ten years. The research generally consists of three phases: (1) developing platforms for LPI research in mm-scale plasma with limited drive energy, where both gasbag and gas-filled hohlraum targets are tested; (2) studying the effects of beam-smoothing techniques, such as continuous phase plate and polarization smoothing, on the suppression of LPI; and (3) exploring the factors affecting LPI in integrated implosion experiments, which include the laser intensity, gas-fill pressure, size of the laser-entrance hole, and interplay between different beam cones. Results obtained in each phase will be presented and discussed in detail.
Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2019, 4(5): 055202
1 中国工程物理研究院 激光聚变研究中心, 四川 绵阳 621900
2 北京应用物理与计算数学研究所, 北京 100088
六通黑腔是我国独立自主设计的新型激光惯性约束聚变驱动腔型。在大型激光装置上采用全束组注入方式, 首次获得了新型六通黑腔10~20倍收缩比综合内爆完整配套实验数据, 实现最高YOC2D(实验产额/二维模拟产额)达80.4%的综合内爆性能。
激光间接驱动 六通黑腔 内爆 laser indirect-driven six-port-cylindrical hohlraum implosion 强激光与粒子束
2018, 30(11): 110101
Author Affiliations
Abstract
Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
The low-mode shell asymmetry and high-mode hot spot mixing appear to be the main reasons for the performance degradation of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) implosion experiments. The effects of the mode coupling between low-mode P2 radiation flux asymmetry and intermediate-mode L= 24 capsule roughness on the implosion performance of ignition capsule are investigated by two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations. It is shown that the amplitudes of new modes generated by the mode coupling are in good agreement with the second-order mode coupling equation during the acceleration phase. The later flow field not only shows large areal density P2 asymmetry in the main fuel, but also generates large-amplitude spikes and bubbles. In the deceleration phase, the increasing mode coupling generates more new modes, and the perturbation spectrum on the hot spot boundary is mainly from the strong mode interactions rather than the initial perturbation conditions. The combination of the low-mode and high-mode perturbations breaks up the capsule shell, resulting in a significant reduction of the hot spot temperature and implosion performance.
Mode coupling Mode coupling Low-mode drive asymmetry Low-mode drive asymmetry Intermediate-mode capsule roughness Intermediate-mode capsule roughness Ignition capsule implosion Ignition capsule implosion Matter and Radiation at Extremes
2017, 2(1): 9