Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena: Volume 7

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
The Los Alamos KrF Laser Program....Pages 1-7
Nova Laser System at Ultra High Fluence Levels....Pages 9-20
Multi-Megajoule Nd:Glass Fusion Laser Design....Pages 21-37
Time and Space Resolved Spectroscopy of X-Ray Laser Experiments....Pages 39-51
Theory and Analysis of Soft X-Ray Laser Experiments....Pages 53-65
Hydrodynamic Aspects of X-Ray Laser Targets....Pages 67-77
Dynamical Process of the Second Harmonic Emission from Pico-Second Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 79-87
Laser Generated X-Ray Studies Relevant to Compression Diagnostics and Nuclear Level Excitation....Pages 89-108
A Laser Amplifier Based on Conversion of Particle Beam Kinetic Energy into Optical Energy....Pages 109-117
Kinetics of Proposed Gamma-Ray Lasers....Pages 119-131
Recent Results from Nuclear Pumped Laser Studies: Gain Measurements in XeF....Pages 133-142
A Compact Aerosol Core Reactor/Laser Fueled with Reflective Micropellets....Pages 143-154
Concentrating Properties of Simple Two-Dimensional Geometries for Isotropic Light....Pages 155-165
Microwave Modeling of Moderate Power Laser-Plasma Interactions....Pages 167-178
Time-Resolved X-Ray Diagnostics for High Density Plasma Physics Studies....Pages 179-211
Microwave and X-Ray Generation from CO 2 Laser Irradiated Targets....Pages 213-223
Modeling of X-Ray Emission Created by Short Wavelength Laser Target Interaction....Pages 225-239
Wave Propagation in a Rippled Plasma....Pages 241-258
Self-Focusing and Hydrodynamics in Laser Interaction with Underdense Plasma....Pages 259-270
Laser Resonance Induced Plasma with Extreme Properties of Collective Coupling and Possibilities of Quasi-Superconductivity....Pages 271-277
The Evolution of Strong Shock Waves Produced by a Trapezoidal Laser Pulse....Pages 279-288
Study of Jet-Like Structures on Laser Irradiated Targets at 10.6 μm....Pages 289-298
Mode Coupling in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 299-306
Emission Characteristics and Surface Phenomena of Laser Heated Thermionic Cathodes....Pages 307-314
Wave Pressure and Transient Radiation Forces....Pages 315-327
Double Layers in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 329-346
Consequences of High Electric Fields in Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 347-369
Stimulated Raman Scattering: Comparison of Theory and Experiment....Pages 371-382
Heavy Ion Stopping in Dense and Hot Matter....Pages 383-394
Pellet Implosion and Interaction Studies by Gekko XII Green Laser....Pages 395-419
Ablatively-Driven Targets Imploded with the 24 UV Beam Omega System....Pages 421-448
Generation of Long Life Plasma and Strong Magnetic Field by CO 2 Laser....Pages 449-468
Nova Target Experiments....Pages 469-476
The Achievement of Adiabatic Compression of D-T Fuel as a Result of Reducing Preheat....Pages 477-493
Effect of Non-Uniform Illumination in Laser Driven Planar Targets....Pages 495-504
Thermal Transport Experiments at 0.35 µ m Laser Wavelength....Pages 505-520
Shock Wave Behavior in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions....Pages 521-529
Penumbral Imaging of X-Rays and Neutrons....Pages 531-544
Neutron Diagnostics for ICF Experiments....Pages 545-558
Zone Plate Imaging of 14-Mev Neutrons....Pages 559-570
Fusion Laser Technology Revisited....Pages 571-579
Cascade: A High-Efficiency ICF Power Reactor....Pages 581-590
Gas Condensation Phenomena in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reaction Chambers....Pages 591-602
Studies of an Aerosol Core Reactor/Laser’s Critical Properties....Pages 603-611
High Intensity Particle Beams for a Muon-Catalyzed Fusion-Fission Reactor....Pages 613-617
Progress of Inertial Confinement Fusion Research by Light Ion Beam....Pages 619-629
Laser Channel Initiation and Related Laser Plasma Production for Inertial Confinement Fusion by Light Ion Beam....Pages 631-654
Advances in Light Ion Beams for Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 655-671
Recent Results of the Light Ion Beam Program at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe....Pages 673-687
Progress in Inertial Fusion....Pages 689-700
ICF Status / Development Strategy “Development on Inertial Confinement Fusion”....Pages 701-702
Overview of Laser Experimental Program at Centre d’Etudes de Limeil-Valenton....Pages 703-721
Analysis, Modeling, and Design of Short-Wavelength Laser-Plasma Experiments....Pages 723-744
A Multiuser Development Scenario for ICF....Pages 745-756
Controlled Studies of Wave-Wave Interactions in a Beat-Wave Laser Driven Plasma....Pages 757-766
Two Dimensional Simulations of Intense Laser Irradiation of Underdense Plasmas....Pages 767-779
Electron Acceleration and Coherent Generation of Plasma Waves by Pico-Second Laser Pulses....Pages 781-790
Experimental Studies of High Energy Ion Generation by Picosecond High Power Lasers....Pages 791-802
High Energy Particle Acceleration by Coherent Electromagnetic Waves Propagating Across the Magnetic Field....Pages 803-809
Experiments on a New Acceleration Mechanism of Electrons....Pages 811-825
A Model for the Acceleration of Laser Irradiated Targets....Pages 827-842
Plasma Jets Emitted by Unipolar Arcing from Spherical Laser Targets....Pages 843-855
Physics of Laser-Produced Interstreaming Plasmas....Pages 857-877
Heavy Ion Beam Transport through Liquid Lithium First Wall ICF Reactor Cavities....Pages 879-900
Physical Phenomena Induced by Passage of Intense Electromagnetic Pulses (Including CO 2 Lasers) through the Atmosphere....Pages 901-913
Back Matter....Pages 915-927