The original motivation for developing large high power lasers in the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) field was to provide a driver for fusion energy power plants. Consideration of power plant energy budgets leads to a practical requirement for the product of ICF pellet gain G and driver efficiency n to be greater than 10. When pellet gains of 103 were considered realistic, driver efficiencies of 1 to 2% would have been adequate. However, it is now well known that pellet gains are more likely to be in the range 100 to 200, which implies driver efficiencies greater than 5% for economic ICF power plants.
High Power KRF Lasers For Fusion
High Power and Solid State Lasers ; 1986 ; Los Angeles,CA,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 0622
1986-06-23
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications - Laser Fusion, Space, and Industry -
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