The Characteristics of Z-Pinch Targets and Related Materials

The characteristics and fabrication techniques of z-pinch targets including loads and their related materials are reviewed in this paper. The Z-pinch targets are classified into three kinds as vacuum hohlraum , dynamic hohlraum and static-wall hohlraum. And the configurations and applications of these kinds of targets are introduced, respectively. Furthermore, the features of z-pinch targets are compared with those of laser inertial confinement fusion targets. In order to meet the demands of z-pinch physical experiments in China, an assembling process is proposed to fabricate a z-pinch wire array load, which involves the pretreatment and preparation of wires and the characterizing of wires and the machining of fixture embryos and the assembly of wire array.