Development of Deuterated Polystyrene Target for Laser Fusion by Means of Density-Matched Emulsion Method

Abstract

In a laser fusion experiment, plastic shells are used to study both implosion dynamics of a hollow fuel layer and physics in a highly compressed plasma. A high quality, deuterated polystyrene shell was fabricated using a density-matched emulsion method. The diameter and wall thickness of these shells ranged in 100 to 1500 μm and 4 to 15 μm, respectively. The sphericity, uniformity, and suface smoothness were 99.8%, 99.3%, and less than 0.1 μm. © 1991, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan. All rights reserved.