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D. H. EdgellUniversity of RochesterLaboratory for Laser Energetics

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Cross-Beam Energy Transfer and Its Mitigation in Symmetric Implosions on OMEGA

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47th Annual AnomalousAbsorption Conference

Florence, OR11–16 June 2017

Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) modeling suggests that 3-D effects may be important for symmetric direct drive

Summary

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• CBET between beams at angles of 40° to 110° are most significant

• Non-axially symmetric details of the absorption profile can increase the absorption rms (root mean square) over the target surface by an order of magnitude

• The total absorption and rms asymmetry can be greatly improved over a standard symmetric implosion by wavelength separating

the three OMEGA beam legs

D. H. Edgell et al., “Mitigation of Cross-Beam Energy Transfer in Symmetric Implosions on OMEGA Using Wavelength Detuning,” to be published in Physics of Plasmas.

Collaborators

R. K. Follett, I. V. Igumenshev, J. F. Myatt, J. G. Shaw, and D. H. Froula

University of RochesterLaboratory for Laser Energetics

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Three-dimensional modeling uses a geometric optics ray-based model using the coronal plasma taken from hydrodynamic code

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CBET is calculated in each beamlet cell for crossings with all other beamlets

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• Both intrabeam and interbeam crossings

• Beamlet intensities at crossings are determined using

– inverse bremsstrahlung absorption

– intensity law of geometric optics

– CBET at crossings using a 3-D extension of Randall’s quasi-slab model fluid model*

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~IAW = ~1 – ~2

kIAW = k1 – k2< < <

IAW: ion-acoustic wave*C. J. Randall, J. R. Albritton, and J. J. Thomson, Phys. Fluids 24, 1474 (1981).

The model is in good agreement with LPSE* calculations of CBET in a simple geometry

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*R. K. Follett et al., ThP-2, this conference.J. F. Myatt et al., Phys. Plasmas 24, 056308 (2017).

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To display 3-D calculations on 2-D slides we use integrated images and surface maps

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dEabss/

Two-beam modeling shows that CBET exchange is strongest for beams that are at angles between 40-110°

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Angle between beams (°)

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Beams at anglesgreater than 150°are essentiallydecoupled

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Two-beam CBETOne-beam self-CBETNo CBET

CBET adds non-axisymmetric features to the beams’ absorption profile that depend on their 3-D orientation

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Beams at 90°

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For the OMEGA symmetric geometry, profile features are the sum of interactions between 60 beams

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CBET can increase the absorption nonuniformity of a symmetric implosion by an order of magnitude

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The nonuniformity is not simply caused by 1-D CBET from inside to outside of beam profile.

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Absorptionsurface maps

Absorptionprofiles

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The nonuniformity originates from the subtle non-axially symmetric details of the absorption profile

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TW/sr

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Single-beam pattern

Wavelength shifting a single OMEGA beam provides insight into multicolor CBET mitigation

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Shifted beamUnshifted beamsSelf-CBET limit

Breaking cadence: Wavelength shifting the three OMEGA beamline legs to mitigate CBET

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There is a “sweet spot” around Dm = 10 Å, where the absorbed power is maximum and the nonuniformity is near minimum.

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Leg 1Leg 2Leg 3AverageSelf-CBET limit

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Summary/Conclusions

Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) modeling suggests that 3-D effects may be important for symmetric direct drive

• CBET between beams at angles of 40° to 110° are most significant

• Non-axially symmetric details of the absorption profile can increase the absorption rms (root mean square) over the target surface by an order of magnitude

• The total absorption and rms asymmetry can be greatly improved over a standard symmetric implosion by wavelength separating

the three OMEGA beam legs

D. H. Edgell et al., “Mitigation of Cross-Beam Energy Transfer in Symmetric Implosions on OMEGA Using Wavelength Detuning,” to be published in Physics of Plasmas.

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