Kinetic Model Evaluation of Dynamical Properties of Nanaorod Antennas Embedded in a Polymer Carrying the Nuclei of Fusion Fuel

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the dynamical properties of nanoantenna-based fusion fuel targets embedded in polymers, extending previous vacuum studies to understand how the polymer environment affects their resilience and light absorption capabilities.

Contribution

It introduces a kinetic model to analyze how embedding nanoantennas in polymers influences their performance in laser-induced fusion applications.

Findings

Polymer embedding alters nanoantenna lifetime and absorption properties.

The kinetic model predicts changes in nanoantenna resilience within polymer matrices.

Embedded nanoantennas maintain effective light regulation in fusion targets.

Abstract

Recently laser induced fusion with simultaneous volume ignition, a spin-off from relativistic heavy ion collisions, was proposed, where implanted nanoantennas regulated and amplified the light absorption in the fusion target. Studies of resilience of the nanoantennas was published recently in vacuum. These studies are extended to nanoantennas embedded into a polymer, which modifies the nanoantenna's lifetime and absorption properties.