Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth is shown to be hydrodynamically scale invariant in
convergent cylindrical implosions for targets that varied in radial dimension and implosion …

This research studies how the angle of incidence affects the ablation process when a pulsed
femtosecond laser with a wavelength of 1040 nm and a high repetition rate is applied to …

Radiation-hydrodynamics simulations are used to design laser-driven cylindrical implosion
experiments to directly measure hydrodynamic instability growth in convergent geometry …

A new, efficient, algorithmic approach to create illumination configurations for laser driven
high energy density physics experiments is proposed. The method is applied to a polar …

This paper presents a “hybrid” approach to direct drive inertial confinement fusion that can
exploit a high-energy gas laser with two opposed beams. The target and driver are …

Simulations predict that directly driven multi-shell targets can provide a robust alternative to
conventional high-convergence implosion concepts by coupling two to three times more …

Laser-driven Hohlraums filled with gas at lower densities (< 0.6 mg/cc) have higher
efficiency compared to original≥ 0.96 mg/cc fill because of reduced backscatter losses [Hall …

This paper presents a quasi-steady-state analytical model of the plasma conduction region
of a spherical target, and the model is used to analyze the factors that influence the mass …

Obtaining a fundamental understanding of particle and energy transport in High Energy
Density Plasmas (HEDP) is essential for advancing basic plasma science and for correctly …

Direct Laser drive is a promising way for dynamic compression or treatment of materials, and
the transient ablation pressure is the key issue of loading history for extensive application …