X-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) provides enhanced image contrast beyond absorption-
based x-ray imaging alone due to refraction and diffraction from gradients in the object …

In inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions, the interface between the cryogenic DT fuel
and the ablator is unstable to shock acceleration (the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, RM) …

Compression is an essential component of achieving high gain in inertial confinement
fusion. However, increasing compression with crystalline ablator-based implosions had not …

The predicted implosion performance of deuterium-tritium fuel capsules in indirect-drive
inertial confinement fusion experiments relies on precise calculations of the x-ray drive in …

While nuclear fusion ignition has been achieved at the National Ignition Facility in inertial
confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, obtaining higher gain and more efficient burn is still …

We present quantitative motivations and assessments of various proposed and ongoing
directions to further improving yields and target gain of igniting indirect-drive implosions at …

Burn efficiency Φ is a key for commercial feasibility of fusion power stations for inertial fusion
energy, while Φ is usually lower than 30% in the central ignition scheme of inertial …

X-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) has demonstrated capability to characterize inertial
confinement fusion (ICF) capsules, and phase retrieval can reconstruct phase information …

Ablator materials used for inertial confinement fusion, such as high-density carbon (HDC)
and beryllium, have grain structure which may lead to small-scale density nonuniformity and …

Recent indirect drive inertial confinement fusion implosions on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF)[Spaeth et al., Fusion Sci. Technol. 69, 25 (2016)] have crossed the threshold of …