Keyword

laser-driven implosion

Description: An inertial-confinement-fusion process in which laser energy compresses a target capsule inward to achieve extreme pressure and temperature.

Primary topic: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (87%)

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Development of the indirect-drive approach to inertial confinement fusion and the target physics basis for ignition and gain

1995 · John Lindl · Physics of Plasmas · 2,564

Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications

1972 · JOHN NUCKOLLS, LOWELL WOOD, et al. · Nature · 1,957

Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition

2001 · R. Kodama, P. A. Norreys, et al. · Nature · 957

Shock Ignition of Thermonuclear Fuel with High Areal Density

2007 · R. Betti, C. D. Zhou, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 549

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability and Laser-Pellet Fusion

1974 · Stephen E. Bodner · Physical Review Letters · 457

Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion

2014 · M. R. Gomez, S. A. Slutz, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 421

Description of the NIF Laser

2016 · M. L. Spaeth, K. R. Manes, et al. · Fusion Science & Technology · 306

Progress towards ignition on the National Ignition Facility

2013 · M. J. Edwards, P. K. Patel, et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 295

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A model for laser driven ablative implosions

1980 · Claire E. Max, C. F. McKee, et al. · The Physics of Fluids · 184

Proton Radiography of a Laser-Driven Implosion

2006 · A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 178

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Crossed-beam energy transfer in implosion experiments on OMEGA

2010 · I. V. Igumenshchev, D. H. Edgell, et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 175

Proton radiography as an electromagnetic field and density perturbation diagnostic (invited)

2004 · A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, et al. · Review of Scientific Instruments · 175

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Laser-Driven Implosion of Spherical DT Targets to Thermonuclear Burn Conditions

1973 · J. S. Clarke, H. N. Fisher, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 144

Double-cone ignition scheme for inertial confinement fusion

2020 · J. Zhang, W. M. Wang, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 143

Implosion dynamics measurements at the National Ignition Facility

2012 · D. G. Hicks, N. B. Meezan, et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 134

X-ray astronomy in the laboratory with a miniature compact object produced by laser-driven implosion

2009 · Shinsuke Fujioka, Hideaki Takabe, et al. · Nature Physics · 132

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The feasibility of inertial-confinement fusion

1982 · John H. Nuckolls · Physics Today · 131

Laser-Driven Magnetic-Flux Compression in High-Energy-Density Plasmas

2009 · O. V. Gotchev, P. Y. Chang, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 129

Laser driven inertial fusion energy: present and prospective

2004 · S Nakai, K Mima · Reports on Progress in Physics · 111

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Cryogenic thermonuclear fuel implosions on the National Ignition Facility

2012 · S. H. Glenzer, D. A. Callahan, et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 110

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Laser-driven isentropic hollow-shell implosions: the problem of ignition

1979 · R.E. Kidder · Nuclear Fusion · 104

Calculation of spectral line profiles of multielectron emitters in plasmas

1988 · L. A. Woltz, C. F. Hooper · Physical Review A · 97

Fusion Power by Laser Implosion

1974 · John L. Emmett, John Nuckolls, et al. · Scientific American · 91

Structure and scaling laws of laser-driven ablative implosions

1977 · S. J. Gitomer, R. L. Morse, et al. · The Physics of Fluids · 90

A measurable Lawson criterion and hydro-equivalent curves for inertial confinement fusion

2008 · C. D. Zhou, R. Betti · Physics of Plasmas · 83

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Citation count: 15,580