Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

The National Ignition Campaign (NIC) was a multi-institution effort established under the
National Nuclear Security Administration of DOE in 2005, prior to the completion of the …

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF) achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts
to achieve fusion ignition as a proof of principle of various fusion concepts. Following the …

Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion energy 1. A
burning plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are the primary source of …

Point design targets have been specified for the initial ignition campaign on the National
Ignition Facility [GH Miller, EI Moses, and CR Wuest, Opt. Eng. 443, 2841 (2004)]. The …

This Letter reports on a series of high-adiabat implosions of cryogenic layered deuterium-
tritium (DT) capsules indirectly driven by a “high-foot” laser drive pulse at the National …

Deuterium-tritium inertial confinement fusion implosion experiments on the National Ignition
Facility have demonstrated yields ranging from 0.8 to 7× 10 14, and record fuel areal …

Abstract Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on the National Ignition
Facility (NIF) have achieved a burning plasma state with neutron yields exceeding 170 kJ …

Two variants of optical imaging velocimetry, specifically the one-dimensional streaked line-
imaging and the two-dimensional time-resolved area-imaging versions of the Velocity …