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Automatic Laser-based Geometry Capture for Finite Element Analysis of Weld Beads
Published on: July 25, 2025
Modeling of the cross-beam energy transfer with realistic inertial-confinement-fusion beams in a large-scale
A Colaïtis1, G Duchateau1, X Ribeyre1
1Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, UMR No. 5107 associée au Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, and CEA, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33400 Talence, France.
Abstract:
A method for modeling realistic laser beams smoothed by kinoform phase plates is presented. The ray-based paraxial complex geometrical optics (PCGO) model with Gaussian thick rays allows one to create intensity variations, or pseudospeckles, that reproduce the beam envelope, contrast, and high-intensity statistics predicted by paraxial laser propagation codes. A steady-state cross-beam energy-transfer (CBET) model is implemented in a large-scale radiative hydrocode based on the PCGO model. It is used in conjunction with the realistic beam modeling technique to study the effects of CBET between coplanar laser beams on the target implosion. The pseudospeckle pattern imposed by PCGO produces modulations in the irradiation field and the shell implosion pressure. Cross-beam energy transfer between beams at 20(∘) and 40(∘) significantly degrades the irradiation symmetry by amplifying low-frequency modes and reducing the laser-capsule coupling efficiency, ultimately leading to large modulations of the shell areal density and lower convergence ratios. These results highlight the role of laser-plasma interaction and its influence on the implosion dynamics.
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