Abstract
The most troublesome factor affecting the survival of a cryogenic fuel configuration in a laser fusion pellet irradiated by high-power laser beams is the fluorescence energy put out by the amplifier system. Prepulses can be blocked, but the incoherent radiation spontaneously emitted and amplified during lamp pump time is an inherent attribute of any optically pumped laser amplifier system and cannot be completely blocked; its effect on the fuel configuration needs to be examined. The effects of this amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) on cryogenic targets have been recorded at various levels using high-speed photomicrography. The results indicate a high probability of the fuel configuration surviving at the present levels of this ASE energy.
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