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J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Number C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
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| Page(s) | C7-307 - C7-308 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797151 | |
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-307-C7-308
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797151
University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, P.O. Box 5508, Livermore, California 94550.
J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-307-C7-308
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797151
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH DENSITY DIRECTED PLASMA SOURCE
L.P. Bradley et E.L. OrhamUniversity of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, P.O. Box 5508, Livermore, California 94550.
Abstract
We have developed a plasma source to produce a plasma of 1021 /cm3 particle density and project it with a velocity of 2.4 cm/us. This device will be used in the output spatial filter of Nova, a laser for fusion, to project a critical density plasma across the optical beam path and block target retroreflected light. The object of this paper is to describe the design of the source, present a numerical model for the plasma and discuss in detail the experimental characterization of the plasma.