This review describes and categorizes the synthesis and properties of low density porous
materials, which are commonly referred to as foams and are utilized for laser plasma …

The recent achievement of fusion ignition with laser-driven technologies at the National
Ignition Facility sets a historic accomplishment in fusion energy research. This …

Fast ignition (FI) inertial confinement fusion is a variant of inertial fusion in which DT fuel is
first compressed to high density and then ignited by a relativistic electron beam generated …

Intense lasers interacting with dense targets accelerate relativistic electron beams, which
transport part of the laser energy into the target depth. However, the overall laser-to-target …

One of the most promising approaches to reach a high gain in inertial confinement fusion is
the fast ignition scheme. In this scheme, a relativistic electron beam is generated; this …

A simple setup for the generation of ultra-intense quasistatic magnetic fields, based on the
generation of electron currents with a predefined geometry in a curved snail (or 'escargot') …

We provide a review of selected experiments on fast electron transport in solids and
plasmas following laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities. Particular attention is …

The propagation of an ionization wave through a subcritical foam is studied under inertial
confinement fusion conditions. Independent measurements of the ionization wave velocity …

The ability to produce long-scale length (ie millimeter scale-length), homogeneous plasmas
is of interest in studying a wide range of fundamental plasma processes. We present here a …

A series of experiments were carried out to evaluate the energy-coupling efficiency from
heating laser to a fuel core in the fast-ignition scheme of laser-driven inertial confinement …