Effect of laser spot size on fusion neutron yield in laser-deuterium cluster interactions

Chinese Physics B

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2124-2129

  Chen, Guang Long ^a   Lu, Hai Yang ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Liu, Jian Sheng ^a   Li, Ru Xin ^a   Ni, Guo Quan ^a   Xu, Zhi Zhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Clusters; Femtosecond intense laser pulse; Table top laser driven nuclear fusion

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FUSION REACTIONS; JETS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLUSTER INTERACTIONS; CLUSTER JETS; CLUSTER SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DEUTERIUM GAS; ENERGY ATTENUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FEMTOSECOND INTENSE LASER PULSE; FUSION NEUTRON YIELD; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER SPOT SIZE; NEUTRON YIELDS; NUCLEAR FUSION; REASONABLE AGREEMENT; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SPOT SIZES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 46749122595     PISSN: 16741056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/6/030     Document Type: Article

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