Neon spectral line broadening as a diagnostic for compressed laser-fusion targets
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 50 (8), 5478-5483
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.326600
Abstract
Experiments have been conducted on the JANUS laser system to measure fuel density in imploded laser‐fusion targets filled with deuterium, tritium, and neon. An x‐ray crystal spectrometer was used to record the line emission of the 1s‐2p line of the Ne+9 ion. Simultaneous measurement of the linewidth and the neutron yield indicated that symmetrically irradiated exploding pusher targets reached fuel densities of approximately 1 g/cm3.Keywords
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