In the 2015 review paper 'Petawatt Class Lasers Worldwide'a comprehensive overview of
the current status of high-power facilities of was presented. This was largely based on facility …

The use of ultra-high intensity laser beams to achieve extreme material states in the
laboratory has become almost routine with the development of the petawatt laser. Petawatt …

A petawatt laser for fast ignition experiments (LFEX) laser system [N. Miyanaga et al., J.
Phys. IV France 133, 81 (2006)], which is currently capable of delivering 2 kJ in a 1.5 ps …

We present an application of short-pulse laser-generated hard x rays for the diagnosis of
indirectly driven double shell targets. Cone-inserted double shell targets were imploded …

OSHUN is a parallel relativistic 2D3P Vlasov–Fokker–Planck code, developed primarily to
study electron transport and instabilities pertaining to laser-produced—including laser …

Based on the successful result of fast heating of a shell target with a cone for heating beam
injection at Osaka University in 2002 using the PW laser (Kodama et al 2002 Nature 418 …

The basics of laser driven neutron sources, properties and possible applications are
discussed. We describe the laser driven nuclear processes which trigger neutron …

Results of studies on fast ignition of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets are reviewed.
The aspects of the fast ignition concept, which consists in the separation of the processes of …

Fusion energy research began in the early 1950s as scientists worked to harness the
awesome power of the atom for peaceful purposes. There was early optimism for a quick …

One of the most advanced fast ignition programmes is the fast ignition realization experiment
(FIREX). The goal of its first phase is to demonstrate ignition temperature of 5 keV, followed …