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An apparatus to produce layers of liquid and/or solid deuteriumtritium inside glass and polymer hollow spherical pellets is described. Such pellets have been used as cryogenic targets in neutron-producing experiments with the KMSF Nd:glass laser. Extensive experiments under cryogenic conditions were performed to determine the state and form of the thermonuclear fuel at the moment of arrival of the laser pulse in target-interaction experiments.
Variations of this class of laser fusion targets and other advanced targets are described.
Presented at the Fourth Workshop on “Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena” held at RPI, Troy, New York, November 8-12, 1976.
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Henderson, T.M., Solomon, D.E., Jacobs, R.B., Wuttke, G.H., Musinski, D.L., Simms, R.J. (1977). Cryogenic Microshell Pellets and Other Advanced Targets for Laser Fusion. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8103-7_17
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