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 …

Abstract The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been designed, constructed and has
recently begun operation to investigate the ignition of nuclear fusion with a laser with up to …

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 …

Reaching ignition in direct-drive (DD) inertial confinement fusion implosions requires
achieving central pressures in excess of 100 Gbar. The OMEGA laser system [TR Boehly et …

Direct-drive-implosion experiments on the OMEGA laser [TR Boehly et al., Opt. Commun.
133, 495 (1997)] have showed discrepancies between simulations of the scattered (non …

Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of implosion experiments on the OMEGA laser system
[Boehly et al, Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] show that energy transfer between crossing …

The effects of large-scale (with Legendre modes≲ 10⁠) laser-imposed nonuniformities in
direct-drive cryogenic implosions on the OMEGA Laser System are investigated using three …

A record fuel hot-spot pressure P hs= 56±7 Gbar was inferred from x-ray and nuclear
diagnostics for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion cryogenic, layered deuterium–tritium …

Obtaining an accurate equation of state (EOS) of polystyrene (CH) is crucial to reliably
design inertial confinement fusion (ICF) capsules using CH/CH-based ablators. With first …

The experimental evidence for multiple-beam laser-plasma instabilities of relevance to laser
driven inertial confinement fusion at the ignition scale is reviewed, in both the indirect and …