| abstract |
(57) [Summary]nAn assembly of multiple microdroplets formed of liquid deuterium is irradiated with a pulse from an ultrafast (femtosecond) laser, causing the microdroplets to become an expanding ion cloud. In the expanding ion cloud, the ionized nuclei (deuterons) have enough kinetic energy to break the Coulomb barrier and produce free neutrons, tritium nuclei and more kinetic energy by fusion. I have. The droplets of liquid deuterium are first irradiated by pulses from an infrared laser, causing a Coulomb explosion of the droplets to form micro droplets. Alternatively, an assembly of microdroplets of a material containing higher Z atoms, such as neon or argon, is illuminated by an ultrafast laser, resulting in a plasma cloud impacting and producing recombination x-rays. |