Investigation of inverse bremsstrahlung absorption in unmagnetized and inhomogeneous plasmas

Firouzi Farrashbandi, Narges; Sid, Abdelaziz

doi:10.47176/ijpr.24.4.01995

Investigation of inverse bremsstrahlung absorption in unmagnetized and inhomogeneous plasmas

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Narges Firouzi Farrashbandi ¹

Abdelaziz Sid ²

¹ Department of Physics Education, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 14665-889, Tehran, Iran

² 2. Laboratory of Physics of Radiations and their Interaction with Matter (PRIMALAB), Department of Physics, Faculty of Matter Sciences, University of Batna 1 - Batna, Algeria

https://doi.org/10.47176/ijpr.24.4.01995

Abstract

One of the ways to absorb laser energy by plasma in thermonuclear fusion is called inverse bremsstrahlung absorption. In this process, energy is deposited through inverse bremsstrahlung radiation by plasma electrons. In the current work, inverse bremsstrahlung absorption in unmagnetized and inhomogeneous plasma is calculated. For this purpose, kinetic theory and Fokker-Planck equations are used and the Maxwellian distribution function is considered as the first isotropic distribution function. Then a numerical solution for solving the the laser electric field and the plasma dispersion function is proposed. After determining the inverse bremsstrahlung absorption, the effect of laser wavelength and plasma electron temperature on the absorption rate was studied. The results show that increasing the electron temperature and decreasing the laser wavelength increases the amount of absorption in unmagnetized and inhomogeneous plasma. Finally, The difference in inverse bremsstrahlung absorption in homogeneous and inhomogeneous plasmas was investigated.

Keywords

thermonuclear fusion

inverse bremsstrahlung absorption

plasma disperdion function

Fokker-Planck

Subjects

Nuclear Physics

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