Laser compression of matter to super-high densities: thermonuclear (CTR) applications
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John Nuckolls, Lowell Wood, Albert Thiessen, George Zimmerman
Hydrogen may be compressed to more than 10,000 times liquid density by an implosion system energized by a high energy laser. This scheme makes possible efficient thermonuclear burn of small pellets of heavy hydrogen isotopes, and makes feasible fusion power reactors using practical lasers.
Target Fabrication and Pre-implosion Diagnostics for Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion Research Using Two-Photon Polymerization and Cryogenic Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy