The 1990 National Academy of Science final report of its review of the Inertial Confinement
Fusion Program recommended completion of a series of target physics objectives on the 10 …

Abstract The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been designed, constructed and has
recently begun operation to investigate the ignition of nuclear fusion with a laser with up to …

This book focuses on the physics of laser plasma interactions and presents a
complementary and very useful numerical model of plasmas. It describes the linear theory of …

Our understanding of laser-plasma instability (LPI) physics has improved dramatically over
the past two decades through advancements in experimental techniques, diagnostics, and …

In a number of experiments, stimulated Brillouin (SBS) or Raman backscattering (SRS) has
been observed to be much more vigorous than the other although the expectations based …

Single hot spot experiments offer several unique opportunities for develo** a quantitative
understanding of laser-plasma instabilities. These include the ability to perform direct …

Two-dimensional simulation studies are reported of the nonlinear development of stimulated
Raman scattering (SRS) from a compact laser hot spot using a reduced model, which …

We report experimental research on laser plasma interaction (LPI) conducted in Shenguang
laser facilities during the past ten years. The research generally consists of three phases:(1) …

Efficient coupling of laser energy into hohlraum targets is important for indirect drive ignition.
Laser-plasma instabilities can reduce coupling, reduce symmetry, and cause preheat. We …

Spatial, temporal, and polarization smoothing schemes are combined for the first time to
reduce to a few percent the total stimulated backscatter of a NIF-like probe laser beam (2× …