Ramakrishna, B. and Kar, S. and Robinson, A. P. L. and Adams, D. J. and Markey, K. and Quinn, M. N. and Yuan, X. H. and McKenna, P. and Lancaster, K. L. and Green, J. S. and Scott, R. H. H. and Norreys, P. A. and Schreiber, J. and Zepf, M. (2010) Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary. Physical Review Letters, 105 (13). -. ISSN 0031-9007
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We demonstrate experimentally that the relativistic electron flow in a dense plasma can be efficiently confined and guided in targets exhibiting a high-resistivity-core-low-resistivity-cladding structure analogous to optical waveguides. The relativistic electron beam is shown to be confined to an area of the order of the core diameter (50 mu m), which has the potential to substantially enhance the coupling efficiency of electrons to the compressed fusion fuel in the Fast Ignitor fusion in full-scale fusion experiments.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 29607 |
| Keywords: | denisty plasma, solid targets, fast igniter, pulses, fusion, Physics |
| Subjects: | Science > Physics |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2011 11:34 |
| Last modified: | 27 Aug 2012 11:43 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29607 |
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