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HMC Undergraduate

Document Type

Article

Department

Physics (HMC)

Publication Date

6-2009

Abstract

We have developed a tunable source of Mie scale microdroplet aerosols that can be used for the generation of energetic ions. To demonstrate this potential, a terawatt Ti:Al2O3 laser focused to 2×1019 W/cm2 was used to irradiate heavy water (D2O) aerosols composed of micron-scale droplets. Energetic deuterium ions, which were generated in the laser-droplet interaction, produced deuterium-deuterium fusion with approximately 2×103 fusion neutrons measured per joule of incident laser energy.

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This article is also available from the American Institute of Physics at http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3155302.

This article was named the "Research highlight" by RSI for June 2009

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© 2009 American Institute of Physics

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