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azechi[atmark]ile.osaka-u.ac.jp
The ultimate goal of our activity is to realize laser fusion as a next generation energy source by creating plasmas with one thousand times solid density and a temperature of one hundred million degree Kelvin. On the way towards this goal, we study radiation hydrodynamics and high-density plasma physics (Fermi degeneracy and strongly coupled plasma) as physics basis of laser fusion. We also study unexplored physics by using a peta (ten to the fifteenth)-watt laser.
Research areas:
Fast ignition physics
Diagnostics development for ICF plasmas
Hydrodynamic instabilities and laser-plasma interactions on ICF plasmas
High energy density physics with intense lasers
Group photo
Experimental Evidence of Impact Ignition: 100-Fold Increase of Neutron Yield by Impactor Collision
H. Azechi, T. Sakaiya, T. Watari, M. Karasik, H. Saito, K. Ohtani, K. Takeda, H. Hosoda, H. Shiraga, M. Nakai, K. Shigemori, S. Fujioka, M. Murakami, H. Nagatomo, T. Johzaki, J. Gardner, D.G. Colombant, J.W. Bates, A.L. Velikovich, Y. Aglitskiy, J. Weaver, S. Obenschain, S. Eliezer, R. Kodama, T. Norimatsu, H. Fujita, and K. Mima
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 235002 (2009).
Comprehensive Diagnosis of Growth Rates of the Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
H. Azechi, T. Sakaiya, S. Fujioka, Y. Tamari, K. Otani, K. Shigemori, M. Nakai, H. Shiraga, N. Miyanaga, and K. Mima
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, pp. 045002-1–4 (2007).
Present status of the FIREX programme for the demonstration of ignition and burn
Hiroshi Azechi and the FIREX Project
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion Vol. 48, pp. B267–B275 (2006).
Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability at Short Wavelengths Observed with Moiré Interferometry
T. Sakaiya, H. Azechi, M. Matsuoka, N. Izumi, M. Nakai, K. Shigemori, H. Shiraga, A. Sunahara, H. Takabe, and T. Yamanaka
Physical Review Letters Vol. 88, pp. 145003-1–145003-4 (2002).
High-density compression experiments at ILE, Osaka
H. Azechi, T. Jitsuno, T. Kanabe, M. Katayama, K. Mima, N. Miyanaga, M. Nakai, S. Nakai, H. Nakaishi, M. Nakatsuka, A. Nishiguchi, P.A. Norrays, Y. Setsuhara, M. Takagi, M. Yamanaka, C. Yamanaka
Laser and Part. Beams Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 193-207 (1991).
April 2009–Present:
Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
April 2005–March 2008:
Deputy Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
April 1999–Present:
Professor, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
December 1991–March 1999:
Associate Professor, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
May 1989–November 1991:
Lecturer, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
November 1981–November 1982:
Doctor of Science degree ( Kyushu University )
April 1980–October 1981/
November 1982–April 1989:
Research Associate, Department of Engineering, Osaka University
March 1979:
Ph. D. in Engineering, Graduate School of Osaka University