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 …

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

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 …

In a burning plasma state,,,,,–, alpha particles from deuterium–tritium fusion reactions
redeposit their energy and are the dominant source of heating. This state has recently been …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The ultrafast laser excitation of matters leads to nonequilibrium states with complex solid-
liquid phase-transition dynamics. We used electron diffraction at mega–electron volt …

In megabar shock waves, materials compress and undergo a phase transition to a dense
charged-particle system that is dominated by strong correlations and quantum effects. This …

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory includes a
precision laser system now capable of delivering 1.8 MJ at 500 TW of 0.35-μm light to a …