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 theory of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of accelerated fluid layers is systematically
developed from basic fluid equations. Starting with the classical potential flow theory for …

It has been recognized for many years that the most significant limitation of inertial
confinement fusion (ICF) is the Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) instability. It limits the distance an …

Hydrodynamic instabilities seeded by laser imprint and surface roughness limit the
compression ratio and neutron yield in the direct-drive inertial confinement fusion target …

We present an analytic theory of Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities in an arbitrary number N of
stratified fluids subjected to a shock. Following our earlier work on Rayleigh-Taylor …

We report on experiments to measure the shock-induced growth of sinusoidal perturbations
on thick interfaces separating two gases of different densities. The results show that the …

Hydrodynamic instabilities, such as the Rayleigh–Taylor (R–T) instability, play a critical role
in inertial confinement fusion as they finally cause fuel-pusher mixing that potentially …

The experience of target fabrication with low-density and cluster heterogeneity is presented.
Cluster plasma research is strongly dependent on target fabrication development and target …

Growth rates of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in foils accelerated with a laser beam
smoothed by induced spatial incoherence were measured and compared with …

A review of the physical basis for the numerical fluid simulation of a large class of laser
fusion experiments and of related physics issues is presented. The main emphasis is on …