The direct-drive, laser-based approach to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is reviewed from
its inception following the demonstration of the first laser to its implementation on the present …

Techniques have been developed to improve the uniformity of the laser focal profile, to
reduce the ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability, and to suppress the various laser–plasma …

Krypton-fluoride (KrF) lasers are of interest to laser fusion because they have both the large
bandwidth capability (THz) desired for rapid beam smoothing and the short laser …

Two main paths are now under investigation that aim at thermonuclear ignition of hydrogen
isotopes using lasers: central hot spot self-ignition and externally driven fast ignition of …

This Letter presents first experimental results of the laser imprint reduction in fusion scale
plasmas using a low-density foam layer. The experiments were conducted on the LIL facility …

The results from a series of single-mode, Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) instability growth
experiments performed on the OMEGA laser system TR Boehly et al., Opt. Commun. 133 …

Experimental results and simulations that study the effects of thin metallic layers with high
atomic number (high-Z) on the hydrodynamics of laser accelerated plastic targets are …

A hybrid early time x-ray drive followed by conventional laser direct drive obtained by
utilizing a thin high-Z overcoat on plastic ablator targets has proven to be very effective at …

The hydrodynamics of plasma formed in the interaction of 100 ns UV KrF laser pulses with
foam targets with volume densities from 5 to 500 mg/cm3 was studied. Initial and dynamic …

The generalized theory of terawatt laser pulse interaction with a low-dense porous
substance of light chemical elements including laser light absorption and energy transfer in …