Interaction of high power laser beams with plasma in ICF hohlraum using the FDTD method

Zhili Lin

doi:10.1117/12.2247142

9 November 2016 Interaction of high power laser beams with plasma in ICF hohlraum using the FDTD method

Zhili Lin

Proceedings Volume 10016, High-Power Lasers and Applications VIII; 100160W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2247142
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2016, Beijing, China

Abstract

In the indirect-drive Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) system, groups of laser beams are injected into a gold cylindrical hohlraum and plasma is stimulated with the ablation of the wall of hohlraum by the laser beams. In our work, the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method associated with the bilinear transform and Maclaurin series expansion approaches is utilized to examine the laser beam propagation in plasma described by the Drude model. The state-of-the-art approaches for generating the laser beams are presented and realized according to the full utilization of the TF/SF source condition. Base on the previous technologies, the quantitatively numerical analysis of the propagation characteristics of laser beams in the plasma is conducted. The obtained results are illustrated and discussed that are helpful for the parameter optimization of laser beams for an ICF system.

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Zhili Lin "Interaction of high power laser beams with plasma in ICF hohlraum using the FDTD method", Proc. SPIE 10016, High-Power Lasers and Applications VIII, 100160W (9 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2247142

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