| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a method for applying timed pulsed or temporally spaced X-ray pulses to inertial confinement fusion target material enhancing pre-ignition within a plasma for self-sustaining thermonuclear fusion. The method comprises providing a central target chamber for receiving a spherical fusion fuel pellet of an inertial confinement fusion target material and at least first and second pluralities of energy drivers arranged in symmetrical pairs about the pellet and oriented to respectively apply first and second temporally-spaced groups of symmetrical pairs of X-ray pulses to the fusion target material in a 3-dimensionally symmetric manner about the pellet. A first group of X-ray pulses are applied to create, compress and heat the fusion-fuel derived plasma. A second group of X-ray pulses are applied after an interval of time picosecond or finer increments from when the first group of X-ray pulses is applied. The second group of X-ray pulses arrive from different directions from the first group of X-ray pulses, for further compressing and heating of the fusion fuel-derived plasma. The first plurality of energy drivers consists of six energy drivers located on three orthogonal axes; and the second plurality of energy drivers consists of eight energy drivers. The steps of applying the first and second groups of X-ray pulses are steps of an iterative optimization routine for optimizing the interval of time for use when the central target chamber receives a further spherical fusion fuel pellet of inertial confinement target material. |
