Laser plasma instabilities (LPIs) cause laser energy loss, asymmetric and insufficient
compression, and target preheating, thus are assumed to be among the major concerns of …

Thresholds for the absolute stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and two-plasma decay
(TPD) instabilities driven by multiple broadband laser beams are evaluated using 3D …

Focussing laser light onto the surface of a small target filled with deuterium and tritium
implodes it and leads to the creation of a hot and dense plasma, in which thermonuclear …

Ultrashort pulsed lasers provide uniquely detailed access to the ultrafast dynamics of
physical, chemical, and biological systems, but only a handful of wavelengths are directly …

We study and demonstrate the nonlinear frequency conversion of broadband optical pulses
from 1053 nm to 351 nm using sum-frequency generation with a narrowband pulse at 526.5 …

We reinvestigate the role that laser wavelength plays in driving inertial confinement fusion
(ICF) targets. Different assumptions underlie previous analytic frameworks that provide …

Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) is a significant energy-loss mechanism in directly driven
inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) targets. One strategy for mitigating CBET is to increase the …

Laser-direct drive (LDD), along with laser indirect (X-ray) drive (LID) and magnetic drive with
pulsed power, is one of the three viable inertial confinement fusion approaches to achieving …

Argon fluoride (ArF) is currently the shortest wavelength laser that can credibly scale to the
energy and power required for high gain inertial fusion. ArF's deep ultraviolet light and …

We study and demonstrate the efficient parametric amplification of spectrally incoherent
broadband nanosecond pulses to high energies. Signals composed of mutually incoherent …