Abstract Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) instabilities are well-known
pathways towards turbulent mixing layers, in many cases characterized by significant mass …

Since the seminal paper of Nuckolls triggering the quest of inertial confinement fusion (ICF)
with lasers, hydrodynamic instabilities have been recognized as one of the principal hurdles …

Helium ion implantation in the sol-gel silica films was conducted at different fluences to study
the impact of ion irradiation on defects, microstructures, wettability, optical properties and …

The high-energy petawatt PETAL laser system was commissioned at CEA's Laser
Mégajoule facility during the 2017–2018 period. This paper reports in detail on the first …

The study of relativistic electron–positron pair plasmas is both of fundamental physics
interest and important to understand the processes that shape the magnetic field dynamics …

Inert ion beams with large incident angle were used for layer by layer etching of chemical-
mechanical polished fused silica. The evolution of the impurities, subsurface defects, surface …

We describe the first electro-optical absolute measurements of electromagnetic pulses
(EMPs) generated by laser-plasma interaction in nanosecond regime. Laser intensities are …

Since the operational commissioning of the LMJ in October 2014, with the first bundle of
eight beams, several experimental campaigns have been achieved. They have proven the …

Imaging plates (IPs) are commonly used as passive detectors in laser-plasma experiments.
We calibrated at the ELSA electron beam facility (CEA DIF) the five different available types …

Large scale high-energy density science facilities continue to grow in scale and complexity
worldwide. The increase in driver capabilities, including pulsed-power and lasers, continue …