I. G. Lebo, E. A. Isaev, A. I. Lebo, “Two-sided conical laser target for a neutron source of a hybrid nuclear-thermonuclear reactor”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2017, Volume 47, Number 2,Pages <nobr>106

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Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma

Two-sided conical laser target for a neutron source of a hybrid nuclear-thermonuclear reactor

I. G. Lebo^a, E. A. Isaev^b, A. I. Lebo^c

^a Moscow Technological University
^b National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE), Moscow
^c School 1329, Moscow

Abstract: Numerical simulations suggest that a source of thermonuclear neutrons with a high pulse repetition rate and the number of neutrons of ~10¹⁷ per pulse, which is required for the development of nuclear-thermonuclear reactors, can be realised in the irradiation of a two-sided conical target simultaneously by a long and short laser pulses with energies of ~1 MJ and 50 kJ and durations of 100 – 250 ns and 0.1 – 1 ns. We consider the feasibility of verifying separate propositions of the proposed conception with the use of existing laser facilities.

Keywords: nuclear-thermonuclear reactor, laser source of thermonuclear neutrons, conical target.

Received: 15.12.2016