The National Ignition Campaign (NIC) was a multi-institution effort established under the
National Nuclear Security Administration of DOE in 2005, prior to the completion of the …

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF) achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

High-energy γ rays generated from inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments have
become an important signature for studying the dynamics of implosion processes. Due to …

Ignition is needed to make fusion energy a viable alternative energy source, but has yet to
be achieved. A key step on the way to ignition is to have the energy generated through …

In order to achieve the several hundred Gbar stagnation pressures necessary for inertial
confinement fusion ignition, implosion experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)[EI …

This Letter reports on a series of high-adiabat implosions of cryogenic layered deuterium-
tritium (DT) capsules indirectly driven by a “high-foot” laser drive pulse at the National …

Alpha-particle self-heating, the process of deuterium–tritium fusion reaction products
depositing their kinetic energy locally within a fusion reaction region and thus increasing the …

The goal of an inertially confined, igniting plasma on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)[ML
Spaeth, Fusion Sci. Technol. 69, 25 (2016)] remains elusive. However, there is a growing …

First measurements of the in-flight shape of imploding inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
capsules at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) were obtained by using two-dimensional x-ray …

The “High-Foot” platform manipulates the laser pulse-shape coming from the National
Ignition Facility laser to create an indirect drive 3-shock implosion that is significantly more …