Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review Page 1 Direct-drive inertial confinement
fusion: A review RS Craxton,1 KS Anderson,1 TR Boehly,1 VN Goncharov,1 DR Harding,1 JP …

High-power broad-area diode lasers are the most efficient light sources, with 90-μm stripe
GaAs-based 940-980 nm single emitters delivering> 10 W optical output at a power …

Fusion fast ignition (FI) initiated by a laser-driven particle beam promises a path to high-yield
and high-gain for inertial fusion energy. FI can readily leverage the proven capability of …

Laser-driven particle acceleration, obtained by irradiation of a solid target using an ultra-
intense (I> 1018 W/cm2) short-pulse (duration< 1 ps) laser, is a growing field of interest, in …

Recent books have raised the public consciousness about the dangers of global warming
and climate change. This book is intended to convey the message that there is a solution …

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

We have studied the influence of grain boundaries (GBs) on the radiation-induced defect
evolution and on H retention at 300 K, both experimentally and by computer simulations. For …

Laser fusion researchers have realized since the 1970s that the deep UV light from excimer
lasers would be an advantage as a driver for robust high-performance capsule implosions …

Argon fluoride (ArF) is currently the shortest wavelength laser that can credibly scale to the
energy and power required for high gain inertial fusion. ArF's deep ultraviolet light and …

In order to study the influence of a high grain boundary density on the amount, size and
distribution of defects produced by pulsed helium (625 keV) irradiation in tungsten, we have …