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Laser imprint reduction with a short shaping laser pulse incident upon a foam-plastic target

Phys. Plasmas 9, 5050 (2002); doi:10.1063/1.1517610

Issue Date: December 2002

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Nathan Metzler
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia 22150
Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center Negev, P. O. Box 9001, Beer Sheva, Israel

Alexander L. Velikovich and Andrew J. Schmitt
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

John H. Gardner
LCP&FD, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375
In the previous work [Metzler et al., Phys. Plasmas 6, 3283 (1999)] it was shown that a tailored density profile could be very effective in smoothing out the laser beam nonuniformities imprinted into a laser-accelerated target. However, a target with a smoothly graded density is difficult to manufacture. A method of dynamically producing a graded density profile with a short "shaping" laser pulse irradiating a foam layer on top of the payload prior to the drive pulse is proposed. It is demonstrated that the intensity and the duration of the shaping pulse, the time interval between the shaping pulse and the drive pulse, and the density ratio between the foam and the payload can be selected so that the laser imprint of the drive pulse is considerably suppressed without increasing the entropy of the payload. The use of the foam-plastic target and a shaping pulse reduces the imprinted mass perturbation amplitude by more than an order of magnitude compared to a solid plastic target. The requirements to the smoothing of the drive and "shaping" laser beams and to the surface finish of the foam-plastic sandwich target are discussed. ©2002 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 14 June 2002; accepted 5 September 2002
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  • 52.57.Fg
    Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Laser inertial confinement Implosion symmetry and hydrodynamic instability (Rayleigh-Taylor, Richtmyer-Meshkov, imprint, etc.)
  • 52.57.-z
    Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Laser inertial confinement
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