我国激光间接驱动黑腔物理实验研究进展

Recent progress of hohlraum physics experiments in indirectdriven ICF in China

本文介绍了近年来我国在激光间接驱动惯性约束聚变中黑腔物理实验研究的进展.我们在神光系列激光装置上开展了一系列黑腔物理分解实验和黑腔辐射场综合实验,从多个方面研究了黑腔内部等离子体状态和辐射场特性.为了提升精密化实验能力,对黑腔物理实验主要诊断设备进行了不断优化改进、精密标定和一致性考核,并对激光能量平衡和光斑稳定性的影响做了分析研究,针对神光Ⅲ原型装置从物理设计、诊断、制靶、驱动器等多方面不断优化完善,建立了黑腔能量学精密物理实验能力,获得了一套具有较高置信度的自洽的黑腔能量学实验数据,同时初步探索研究了六孔球腔、三轴柱腔、贫铀腔、泡沫金腔等新型黑腔的辐射场特性.最后介绍了2017年刚完成的黑腔Au泡膨胀特性和激光注入孔(Laser Entrance Hole,LEH)堵孔特性的实验研究.这些实验获得了多个可重复、可理解、互相自洽的实验数据,使我们对黑腔能量学和辐射场分布的影响因素和规律有了更深入的认识.

In recent years, hohlraum experiments have been performed extensively on Shenguang series laser facilities in the context of laser indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion. Multiple aspects about the hohlraumenergetics, drive symmetry and plasma condition are studied by a variety of methods resolving different photon ranges and multiple viewing areas. To improve the experimental uncertainty, several diagnostics are optimized and calibrated, also the power balance and pointing accuracy of laser beams are evaluated and improved. These works lead a rapid progress on hohlraum experimental capabilities and a series of successful experimental campaigns. In order to further optimize the hohlraum performance, other hohlraum geometry（the spherical hohlram with six LEHs and the cylindrical hohlraum with six LEHs） and hohlraum wall material（depleted Uranium and foam Au） are explored as well. Hohlraum experiments and modeling on Shenguang series laser facilities demonstrated quantitative understanding of the laser conversion, X-ray ablation and plasma motion in different regions.