2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
A Hybrid Scheme to Achieve Highest Implosion Performance on the OMEGA Laser
P. S. Farmakis, L. Ceurvorst, V. Gopalaswamy +5
Merging direct and indirect-drive has long been viewed as an optimal hybrid laser-fusion scheme that combines the uniformity of x rays with the efficiency of direct illumination. W…
physics.plasm-ph2023
A New Optimization Methodology for Polar Direct Drive Illuminations at the National Ignition Facility
Duncan Barlow, A. Colaïtis, D. Viala +12
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…