Neutron Generation Using Ultra-intense Laser

Abstract

The laser driven neutron source has features of short pulses, small source size, and features an extremely high peak flux compared with existing accelerator driven neutron source. On the other hand, the high-power laser technology is still immature, the average output of the pulsed laser is smaller than the beam power of the accelerator, and the average neutron generation rate is three orders of magnitude lower than the accelerator driven. In this paper, we will outline the neutron generation technology by laser while assuming searching for utilization method making full use of the characteristics of laser neutron source.