The 1990 National Academy of Science final report of its review of the Inertial Confinement
Fusion Program recommended completion of a series of target physics objectives on the 10 …

This book concerns itself with the physics of systems having high-energydensity. By high-
energy-density systems, we refer to those having a pressure above one million …

Our understanding of laser-plasma instability (LPI) physics has improved dramatically over
the past two decades through advancements in experimental techniques, diagnostics, and …

A diffraction-limited laser interacts with a plasma whose conditions are uniform on the scale
of the focused laser spot. Two distinct, narrow waves are observed in the backscattered …

Electron velocity distribution functions driven by inverse bremsstrahlung heating are
measured to be non-Maxwellian using a novel angularly resolved Thomson-scattering …

Single hot spot experiments offer several unique opportunities for developing a quantitative
understanding of laser-plasma instabilities. These include the ability to perform direct …

Thomson scattering is used to measure Langmuir waves (LW) driven by stimulated Raman
scattering (SRS) in a diffraction limited laser focal spot. For SRS at wave numbers k λ D≲ …

We discuss the extension of the powerful technique of Thomson scattering to the X-ray
regime for providing an independent measure of plasma parameters for dense plasmas. By …

The rapid onset, with increasing laser intensity, of levels of backward stimulated Raman
scattering (BSRS) exceeding linear convective predictions, from single laser hot spots was …

As Langmuir waves (LWs) are driven to large amplitude in plasma, they are affected by
nonlinear mechanisms. A global understanding, based on simulations and experiments, has …