The direct-drive, laser-based approach to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is reviewed from
its inception following the demonstration of the first laser to its implementation on the present …

Planar laser-plasma interaction (LPI) experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have
allowed access for the first time to regimes of electron density scale length (∼ 500 to 700 μ …

The two-plasmon-decay (TPD) instability in direct-drive irradiation OMEGA [JM Soures, RL
McCrory, CP Verdon, et al, Phys. Plasmas 3, 2108 (1996)] experiments is seen in the half …

Thomson scattering has recently been introduced as a fundamental diagnostic of plasma
conditions and basic physical processes in dense, inertial confinement fusion plasmas …

We use a subignition scale laser, the 30 kJ Omega, and a novel shallow-cone target to study
laser-plasma interactions at the ablation-plasma density scale lengths and laser intensities …

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) has been explored comprehensively in planar-geometry
experiments at the National Ignition Facility in conditions relevant to the corona of inertial …

Laser–plasma interaction instabilities can be detrimental for direct-drive inertial confinement
fusion by generating high-energy electrons that preheat the target. An experimental platform …

Laser–plasma interaction (LPI) at intensities) expected from hydrodynamic simulations make
these results interesting for a deeper understanding of LPI in shock ignition conditions …

Target preheat by superthermal electrons from laser-plasma instabilities is a major obstacle
to achieving thermonuclear ignition via direct-drive inertial confinement fusion at the …

We report results and modelling of an experiment performed at the Target Area West Vulcan
laser facility, aimed at investigating laser–plasma interaction in conditions that are of interest …