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

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 …

On December 5, 2022, an indirect drive fusion implosion on the National Ignition Facility
(NIF) achieved a target gain G target of 1.5. This is the first laboratory demonstration of …

In diverse areas of science and technology, including inertial confinement fusion (ICF),
astrophysics, geophysics, and engineering processes, turbulent mixing induced by …

Focusing laser light onto a very small target can produce the conditions for laboratory-scale
nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. The lack of accurate predictive models, which are …

In order to achieve the several hundred Gbar stagnation pressures necessary for inertial
confinement fusion ignition, implosion experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)[EI …

Along with laser-indirect (X-ray)-drive and magnetic-drive target concepts, laser direct drive
is a viable approach to achieving ignition and gain with inertial confinement fusion. In the …

The goal of an inertially confined, igniting plasma on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)[ML
Spaeth, Fusion Sci. Technol. 69, 25 (2016)] remains elusive. However, there is a growing …

We describe the overall performance of the major indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion
campaigns executed at the National Ignition Facility. With respect to the proximity to ignition …

In this paper, we give a review of our theoretical and experimental progress in octahedral
spherical hohlraum study. From our theoretical study, the octahedral spherical hohlraums …