The quest for controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for over a half century. The
demonstration of ignition and energy gain from thermonuclear fuels in the laboratory has …

A review of theoretical and experimental studies in the field of compression and heating of a
plasma target in an external magnetic field, which has recently been called magneto-inertial …

Laboratory generation of strong magnetic fields opens new frontiers in plasma and beam
physics, astro-and solar-physics, materials science and atomic and molecular physics …

Magnetized inertial fusion (MIF) could substantially ease the difficulty of reaching plasma
conditions required for significant fusion yields, but it has been widely accepted that the gain …

A peak field of 1200 T was generated by the electromagnetic flux-compression (EMFC)
technique with a newly developed megagauss generator system. Magnetic fields closely up …

The application of an external 26 Tesla axial magnetic field to a D 2 gas-filled capsule
indirectly driven on the National Ignition Facility is observed to increase the ion temperature …

Enhancement of the ion temperature and fusion yield has been observed in magnetized
laser-driven inertial confinement fusion implosions on the OMEGA Laser Facility. A spherical …

Experiments applying laser-driven magnetic-flux compression to inertial confinement fusion
(ICF) targets to enhance the implosion performance are described. Spherical plastic (CH) …

High current pulsed-power generators efficiently store and deliver magnetic energy to z-
pinch targets. We review applications of magnetically driven implosions (MDIs) to inertial …

Fisher and collaborators at the University of California, Irvine, invented the gas puff Z-pinch
in the late 1970s using a 200-kA generator. The implementation of gas puffs as a copious …