Compression of DT-gas-f illed glass shells by a tailored laser pulse
Borodin V. G., Komarov V. M. , Kryuchenkov V. B. , Mak A. A., Malinov V. A. , Migel' V. M. , Myalitsin L. I. , Nikitin N. V., Podgornov V. A., Solov'ev N. A., Charukhchev A. V. , Chernov V. N.
The effect of a tailoring of the laser pulse used for the heating on the compression of glass shell targets filled with gaseous DT has been studied experimentally at the Progress six-beam laser installation. The DT gas can be compressed beyond the point attainable with a Gaussian pulse.