Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Oct 2022)

Target alignment method of inertial confinement fusion facility based on position estimation

  • Weiheng Lin,
  • Jianqiang Zhu,
  • Zhigang Liu,
  • Xiangyang Pang,
  • Yang Zhou,
  • Wenhui Cui,
  • Ziming Dong

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 10
pp. 3703 – 3716

Abstract

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Target alignment technology is one of the most critical technologies in laser fusion experiments and is an important technology related to the success of laser fusion experiments. In this study, by combining the open-loop and closed-loop errors of the target alignment, the Kalman state observer is used to estimate the position of the target, which improves the observation precision of the target alignment. Then the optimized result is used to guide the alignment of the target. This method can greatly optimize the target alignment error and reduce uncertainty. With the improvement of the target alignment precision, it will greatly improve the reliability and repeatability of the experiments’ results, thereby improving the success rate of the experiments.

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