Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) has existed as a field of study since the 1970s, but the field
was born out of the Cold War. In the decades since the 1960s, pioneering research …

Thresholds for the absolute stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and two-plasma decay
(TPD) instabilities driven by multiple broadband laser beams are evaluated using 3D …

We reinvestigate the role that laser wavelength plays in driving inertial confinement fusion
(ICF) targets. Different assumptions underlie previous analytic frameworks that provide …

Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) has been explored comprehensively in planar-geometry
experiments at the National Ignition Facility in conditions relevant to the corona of inertial …

Hot electrons generated by laser-plasma instabilities degrade the performance of laser-
fusion implosions by preheating the DT fuel and reducing core compression. The hot …

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 …

A method is proposed to determine the M 1 nuclear transition amplitude and hence the
lifetime of the “nuclear clock transition” between the low-lying (∼ 8 eV) first isomeric state …

It has long been recognized that broadband laser light has the potential to control parametric
instabilities in inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) plasmas. Here, we use results from 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 …

The nonlinear saturation of crossed-beam energy transfer (CBET) for multispeckled laser
beams crossing at arbitrary angles is examined using vector particle-in-cell simulations …