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 …

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 …

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 …

Laser–plasma interaction instabilities can be detrimental for direct-drive inertial confinement
fusion by generating high-energy electrons that preheat the target. An experimental platform …

Cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) results from two-beam energy exchange via seeded
stimulated Brillouin scattering, which detrimentally reduces laser-energy absorption for …

Understanding the effects of laser imprint on target performance is critical to the success of
direct-drive inertial confinement fusion. Directly measuring the disruption caused by laser …

In order to accurately model implosion hydrodynamics in a radiation-hydrodynamics code, it
is essential to include accurate accounting for energy deposition physics. In inertial …

Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of directly driven fusion experiments at the Omega
Laser Facility predict absorption accurately when targets are driven at low overlapped laser …

Hot electron preheat has been quantified in warm, directly driven inertial confinement fusion
implosions on OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility (NIF), to support hydrodynamic …

Here, we present evidence, in the context of OMEGA cryogenic target implosions, that laser
imprint, known to be capable of degrading laser-direct-drive target performance, plays a …