Ebook: Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena: Volume 4B

Since the third Workshop on "Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena" in 1973, one area within the scope of this con­ ference received increased attention: laser fusion. This possi­ bility was emphasized in February 1977 in a Seminar on US energy policies at The Hartford Graduate Center by John F. O'Leary, Head of the Federal Energy Administration, who said that "by the year 2100, ••• laser fusion will be coming along, giving us a new age of choice". Efforts in research and development were stepped up to investigate new concepts of laser ignition of controlled nuclear reactions. Here, one expects no radioactive waste from fuel. The deuterium-tritium reaction - the only one which may be possible with magnetic field confinement in tokamaks - has a highly radio­ active tritium ~ycle, while, in principle, laser reactions are possible with pure deuterium, hydrogen-boron or others. The worldwide progress in laser compression was not only stim­ ulated by the energy crisis, but also by its advancements. In our first Workshop in 1969 F. F10ux of the French Limei1 Laboratories described his experiments, which led, only one month later, to the production of fusion neutrons in such large numbers as had not been achieved up to then (see appendix of Vol. I these Proceedings).

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Two New Charged-Particle Diagnostics for Laser-Fusion Experiments....Pages 603-618
Multiwave Picosecond Laser Interferometry of CO2-Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 619-638
Generation and Suppression of Fast-Ions from a Laser-Plasma and Related Self-Focussing Effects....Pages 639-656
Fast Ion and Neutron Emission in CO2 Laser Irradiation of Solid Deuterium Targets....Pages 657-675
Measurement of High-Energy Charged Particles from Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 677-687
On the Diagnostic of Non-Linear Effects....Pages 689-708
Laser Light Absorption and Harmonic Generation Due to Self-Generated Magnetic Fields....Pages 709-720
Laser Radiation Forces: Generation of and Dependence on Magnetic Fields....Pages 721-735
Measurements of Spontaneous Currents and Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 737-767
Heat Transport in Spatially Fluctuating Laser-Generated D.C. Magnetic Fields....Pages 769-782
Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Inhomogeneous Plasmas....Pages 783-840
The Nonlinear Force of Electrodynamic Laser-Plasma Interaction....Pages 841-875
Numerical Calculations of Laser Interaction with Plasmas Including Momentum Transfer of the Nonlinear Forces....Pages 877-889
Wavelength-Dependent Phenomena in Nonlinear Laser-Plasma Interactions....Pages 891-911
Relativistic Self-Focusing....Pages 913-939
Self-Focusing of Electromagnetic Beams in Plasmas: Some Recent Investigations....Pages 941-960
Kinetic Energy of Laser Accelerated Charged Particles in a Plasma and the Possibility of Pair Production....Pages 961-980
Relativistic Oscillations of Electrons in Laser Fields and Transfer of Energy and Momentum....Pages 981-989
Laser Accelerators....Pages 991-997
Recoil and Gravitational Effects of Electrons in Plasmas within Very Intense Laser Radiation....Pages 999-1006
Basic Requirements of Laser Fusion Power Production and Laser Fusion-Fission Plutonium Breeding....Pages 1007-1018
Thermonuclear Reaction Wave in High-Density Plasma....Pages 1019-1037
Model for Implosion of Structured Slab....Pages 1039-1057
Physical Models and Mathematical Simulation of Laser-Driven Implosion and Their Relations with Experiments....Pages 1059-1080
Corrected Penetration Length of Alphas for Reheat Calculations....Pages 1081-1101
Back Matter....Pages 1103-1161

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Two New Charged-Particle Diagnostics for Laser-Fusion Experiments....Pages 603-618
Multiwave Picosecond Laser Interferometry of CO2-Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 619-638
Generation and Suppression of Fast-Ions from a Laser-Plasma and Related Self-Focussing Effects....Pages 639-656
Fast Ion and Neutron Emission in CO2 Laser Irradiation of Solid Deuterium Targets....Pages 657-675
Measurement of High-Energy Charged Particles from Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 677-687
On the Diagnostic of Non-Linear Effects....Pages 689-708
Laser Light Absorption and Harmonic Generation Due to Self-Generated Magnetic Fields....Pages 709-720
Laser Radiation Forces: Generation of and Dependence on Magnetic Fields....Pages 721-735
Measurements of Spontaneous Currents and Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas....Pages 737-767
Heat Transport in Spatially Fluctuating Laser-Generated D.C. Magnetic Fields....Pages 769-782
Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Inhomogeneous Plasmas....Pages 783-840
The Nonlinear Force of Electrodynamic Laser-Plasma Interaction....Pages 841-875
Numerical Calculations of Laser Interaction with Plasmas Including Momentum Transfer of the Nonlinear Forces....Pages 877-889
Wavelength-Dependent Phenomena in Nonlinear Laser-Plasma Interactions....Pages 891-911
Relativistic Self-Focusing....Pages 913-939
Self-Focusing of Electromagnetic Beams in Plasmas: Some Recent Investigations....Pages 941-960
Kinetic Energy of Laser Accelerated Charged Particles in a Plasma and the Possibility of Pair Production....Pages 961-980
Relativistic Oscillations of Electrons in Laser Fields and Transfer of Energy and Momentum....Pages 981-989
Laser Accelerators....Pages 991-997
Recoil and Gravitational Effects of Electrons in Plasmas within Very Intense Laser Radiation....Pages 999-1006
Basic Requirements of Laser Fusion Power Production and Laser Fusion-Fission Plutonium Breeding....Pages 1007-1018
Thermonuclear Reaction Wave in High-Density Plasma....Pages 1019-1037
Model for Implosion of Structured Slab....Pages 1039-1057
Physical Models and Mathematical Simulation of Laser-Driven Implosion and Their Relations with Experiments....Pages 1059-1080
Corrected Penetration Length of Alphas for Reheat Calculations....Pages 1081-1101
Back Matter....Pages 1103-1161
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