Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Propellant grading for laser-driven multi-shell inertial confinement fusion target
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Application No.: US17192748Application Date: 2021-03-04
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Publication No.: US11488729B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Robert O. Hunter, Jr. , Eric W. Cornell
- Applicant: Robert O. Hunter, Jr. , Eric W. Cornell
- Applicant Address: US CO Aspen; US CO Colorado Springs
- Assignee: Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,Eric W. Cornell
- Current Assignee: Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,Eric W. Cornell
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Aspen; US CO Colorado Springs
- Main IPC: G21B1/19
- IPC: G21B1/19 ; G21B1/03 ; G21B1/23

Abstract:
A confinement chamber for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) may include a closed hohlraum and ICF target wherein the ICF target may comprise a central spherical fuel region, inner shell, outer fuel region, outer shell, and propellant region. A multitude of cylindrical beam channels may penetrate the entire thickness of the hohlraum. At the end of each cylindrical beam channel, where they exit the hohlraum, is a hemispherical cavity. Centered in the curvature of each cavity, and coaxial with each beam channel is a gold foam radiator. By layering materials or grading the density of a material in the propellant region of the closed hohlraum ICF target, the pressure profile on the outer shell may be tailored.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210350943A1 Propellant Grading Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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