Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena: Volume10

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Lecture in Connection with the Edward Teller Medal Award....Pages 1-4
Laser Fusion Research in 30 Years: Lecture of Edward Teller Awardee....Pages 5-9
New Basic Physics Derived from Laser Plasma Interaction....Pages 11-21
Edward Teller Medal: Acceptance Remarks....Pages 23-24
Comments on the History and Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 25-28
Demonstration of a Nuclear Flashlamp-Pumped Atomic Iodine Laser....Pages 29-65
A Comparison of Electrical, Fusion-Generated-Ion, and Fission-Generated-Ion ICF Drivers....Pages 67-78
Computation of the Compression of Frequency Modulated Pulses in Linear Dispersive Media Using a Time-Domain Method: Examples and Guidelines....Pages 79-89
Tending to Saturated Gain of Soft X-Ray Laser at 23.2 and 23.6Nm....Pages 91-97
Progress in ICF and X-Ray Laser Experiments at CAEP....Pages 99-104
Decrease of Radiation Trapping in a Laser-Produced Plasma with Volume-Reducing Deviations from Cylindrical Geometry....Pages 105-109
X-Ray Optics of Arrays of Reflective Surfaces....Pages 111-123
Scaling Law for the Temperature and Energy of X-Ray in Laser Cavity Targets and in Comparison with Experimental Measurements....Pages 125-135
X-Ray Lasing in a Muon Catalyzed Fusion System....Pages 137-149
Status and Issues in the Development of a Gamma-Ray Laser....Pages 151-166
Generation of Magnetic Field by Circularly Polarized Light and Thermomagnetic Instability in a Laser Plasma....Pages 167-170
Laser Driven Plasma Instabilities at Moderate Laser Irradiances....Pages 171-179
Pulsation and Stuttering of Laser Interaction with Plasmas and its Suppression by Smoothing....Pages 181-195
Distributed Absorption and Inhibited Heat Transport....Pages 197-208
Two-Dimensional Calculation of Electromagnetic Pulse Generation by Laser-Initiated Air Avalanche Switches....Pages 209-232
Two-Dimensional Calculation of High-Power Microwave Bandwidth Broadening by Laser-Induced Air Breakdown....Pages 233-250
Partially Coherent Light for Improving Irradiation Uniformity in Directly Driven Laser Fusion Experiments....Pages 251-280
Time-Resolved Measurements of Plasma Conditions and Gradients in Radiatively-Heated Foils....Pages 281-288
A Survey of Ion Acoustic Decay Instabilities in Laser Produced Plasma....Pages 289-303
Convective Gain of Parametric Instabilities: An Experimentalist’s Viewpoint....Pages 305-322
The Nova Upgrade Facility for ICF Ignition and Gain....Pages 323-335
Advancement of Inertial Fusion Research....Pages 337-346
Volume Ignition for Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 347-389
Comments About Neutron Feedback NPL Driven ICF....Pages 391-401
Diamond Photovoltaic Cells as a First Wall Material and Energy Conversion System for Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 403-419
Advanced Energy for Greenhouse Effect....Pages 421-425
Panel on Fusion as a Solution for the Greenhouse Effect or Global Warming, and, to Help Further that Goal, Inertial Fusion Targets for Deeply Penetrating Beams....Pages 427-442
Laser Fusion — High Density Compression Experiment and Ignition Program with Gekko XII....Pages 443-502
Interaction Physics for Megajoule Laser Fusion Targets....Pages 503-509
Experimental Studies of Implosion of Indirectly Driven DT-Filled Targets....Pages 511-515
Laser Plasma Interaction Studies Relevant for Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 517-534
ICF Physics and Numerical Simulation at DENIM....Pages 535-546
Numerical Simulations and Numerical Analysis of Reactor-Size Indirectly Driven Inertial Fusion Target Implosions....Pages 547-552
Ion Beam Coupling and Target Physics Experiments at Sandia National Laboratories....Pages 553-566
Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Measurement of Ablation Plasma Produced by Intense Pulsed Ion Beam....Pages 567-577
Focusing and Propagation of Proton Beam....Pages 579-591
Focusing and Transportation of Intense Light Ion Beam in Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 593-600
Symmetry Analysis of Perturbed Ion Beam-Target Interactions....Pages 601-606
Acceleration of Electrons by Lasers in Vacuum....Pages 607-624
Thomas-Fermi Like and Average Atom Model Equations of State for Highly Compressed Matter at Any Temperature....Pages 625-636
Laser Induced Shock Waves and Dynamic Damage....Pages 637-648
Hot Plasma Model for Cluster Impact Fusion....Pages 649-662
Ion Cluster Stopping in Cold Targets For ICF....Pages 663-671
Back Matter....Pages 673-684