scholarly journals The National Ignition Facility and the Promise of Inertial Fusion Energy

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Moses
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Energy ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Inertial Fusion Energy ◽  
National Ignition Facility

scholarly journals Utility of the National Ignition Facility for Inertial Fusion Energy and Radiation Sciences Experiments

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (3P2A) ◽  
pp. 452-456
Author(s):  
M. Tobin ◽  
V. Karpenko ◽  
R. Kauffman ◽  
A. Anderson ◽  
G. Simonson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Energy ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Inertial Fusion Energy ◽  
National Ignition Facility

Inertial Confinement Fusion Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: The National Ignition Facility, Inertial Fusion Energy, 100–1000 TW Lasers, and the Fast Igniter Concept

1997 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 507-533
Author(s):  
W. Howard Lowdermilk
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Confinement Fusion ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
Fusion Energy ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Inertial Fusion Energy ◽  
Inertial Confinement ◽  
National Ignition Facility ◽  
Confinement Fusion

The ultimate goal of worldwide research in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is to develop fusion as an inexhaustible, economic, environmentally safe source of electric power. Following nearly thirty years of laboratory and underground fusion experiments, the next step toward this goal is to demonstrate ignition and propagating burn of fusion fuel in the laboratory. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) Project is being constructed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for just this purpose. NIF will use advanced Nd-glass laser technology to deliver 1.8 MJ of 0.35 μm laser light in a shaped pulse, several nanoseconds in duration, achieving a peak power of 500 TW. A national community of U.S. laboratories is participating in this project, now in its final design phase. France and the United Kingdom are collaborating on development of required technology under bilateral agreements with the US. This paper presents key aspects of the laser design, and descriptions of principal laser and optical components. Follow-on development of lasers to meet the demands of an inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plant is reviewed. In parallel with the NIF Project and IFE developments, work is proceeding on ultrashort pulse lasers with peak power in the range of 100–1000 TW. A beamline on the Nova laser at LLNL recently delivered nearly 600 J of 1 μm light in a 0.5 ps duration pulse, for a peak power in excess of a petawatt (1015 W). This beamline, with advanced adaptive optics, will be capable of focused intensities in excess of 1021 W/cm2. Its primary purpose will be to test technological and scientific aspects of an alternate ignition concept, called the "Fast Igniter", that has the potential to produce higher fusion gain than conventional ICF.

scholarly journals Contributions of the National Ignition Facility to the development of inertial fusion energy

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tobin ◽  
G. Logan ◽  
T. Diaz De La Rubia ◽  
V. Schrock ◽  
K. Schultz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Energy ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Inertial Fusion Energy ◽  
National Ignition Facility

scholarly journals Use of the National Ignition Facility for the Development of Inertial Fusion Energy

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (3P2) ◽  
pp. 857-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tobin ◽  
G. Logan ◽  
A. Anderson ◽  
T. Diaz De La Rubia
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Energy ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Inertial Fusion Energy ◽  
National Ignition Facility
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