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VIII Contents 3.3.1 Basics of Particle and Photon-Induced Nuclear ReactionsandTheirDetection ....................... 31 3.3.2 Photo-Induced Reactions: Fission (γ,f), Emission of Neutrons (γ,xn), and Emission of Protons (γ,p)...... 33 3.3.3 Reactions Induced by Proton or Ion Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.4 FutureApplications ........................................ 39 References ...................................................... 41 4 POLARIS: An All Diode-Pumped Ultrahigh Peak Power Laser for High Repetition Rates J. Hein, M. C. Kaluza, R. Bödefeld, M. Siebold, S. Podleska, and R. Sauerbrey .................................................... 47 4.1 Introduction............................................... 47 4.2 Ytterbium-Doped Fluoride Phosphate Glass astheLaserActiveMedium................................. 50 4.3 Diodes for Solid State Laser Pumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 4.4 ThePOLARISLaser ....................................... 54 4.5 The Five Amplification Stages of POLARIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.5.1 The Two Regenerative Amplifiers A1 and A2 . . . . . . . . . . 56 4.5.2 TheMultipassAmplifiersA3andA4 ................. 57 4.5.3 ADesignfortheAmplifierA5 ....................... 59 4.6 TheTiledGratingCompressor .............................. 61 4.7 FutureProspects........................................... 64 References ...................................................... 64 5 The Megajoule Laser – A High-Energy-Density Physics Facility D. Besnard ..................................................... 67 5.1 LMJDescriptionandCharacteristics ......................... 67 5.1.1 LMJPerformances ................................. 67 5.1.2 LIL/LMJ Facility Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.2 LILPerformances.......................................... 70 5.3 LMJ Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 5.4 LMJIgnitionandHEDPPrograms........................... 75 5.5 Conclusions ............................................... 76 References ...................................................... 77 Part II Sources 6 Electron and Proton Beams Produced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses V. Malka, J. Faure, S. Fritzler, and Y. Glinec ....................... 81 6.1 Introduction............................................... 81 6.2 TheoreticalBackground..................................... 82 6.2.1 Electron Beam Generation in Underdense Plasmas . . . . . . 82
Contents IX 6.2.2 Proton Beam Generation in Overdense Plasmas . . . . . . . 84 6.3 Results in Electron Beam Produced by Nonlinear Plasma Waves . 84 6.4 Proton Beam Generation with Solid Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 6.5 Perspectives............................................... 87 6.6 Conclusion................................................ 89 References ...................................................... 89 7 Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration and Nuclear Activation P. McKenna, K.W.D. Ledingham, and L. Robson .................... 91 7.1 Introduction............................................... 91 7.2 Basic Physical Concepts in Laser–Plasma Ion Acceleration . . . . . . 92 7.3 TypicalExperimentalArrangement .......................... 94 7.3.1 IonDiagnostics .................................... 94 7.4 Recent Experimental Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7.4.1 Proton Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7.4.2 Heavier Ion Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 7.5 Applications to Nuclear and Accelerator Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 7.5.1 Residual Isotope Production in Spallation Targets . . . . . . 102 7.6 ConclusionsandFutureProspects............................104 References ......................................................106 8 Pulsed Neutron Sources with Tabletop Laser-Accelerated Protons T. Žagar, J. Galy, and J. Magill ...................................109 8.1 Introduction...............................................109 8.2 Recent Proton Acceleration Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 8.3 Neutron Production with Laser-Accelerated Protons . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 8.3.1 Proton-to-Neutron Conversion Through (p,xn) ReactionsonLeadonVULCANLaser ................116 8.4 LaserasaNeutronSource? .................................120 8.5 Optimization of Neutron Source – Nuclear Applications withFutureLaserSystems? .................................122 8.5.1 Laser Light-to-Proton and Proton-to-Neutron ConversionEfficiencies ..............................123 8.5.2 High-IntensityLaserDevelopment ....................125 8.6 Conclusions ...............................................126 References ......................................................127 Part III Transmutation 9 Laser Transmutation of Nuclear Materials J. Magill, J. Galy, and T. Žagar ...................................131 9.1 Introduction...............................................131 9.2 HowConstantIstheDecayConstant?........................133 9.3 Laser Transmutation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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