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Laser-driven Fusion

Laser-Driven Fusion is a method of inertial confinement fusion in which high-energy laser beams are symmetrically directed onto a fuel target to induce extreme heating and compression, thereby initiating nuclear fusion reactions.

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Ignition and high gain with ultrapowerful lasers*

M. Tabak, J. H. Hammer, Michael E. Glinsky et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 1994 · 3K citations

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The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility

J. D. Lindl, Peter Amendt, R. L. Berger et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 2004 · 1.8K citations

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

R. Kodama, P. A. Norreys, K. Mima et al. · Nature · 2001 · 952 citations

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Inertial-confinement fusion with lasers

R. Betti, O. A. Hurricane · Nature Physics · 2016 · 844 citations · Full text

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Nuclear fusion from explosions of femtosecond laser-heated deuterium clusters

J. Zweiback, V. Yanovsky, T. E. Cowan et al. · Nature · 1999 · 797 citations

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  1. OL
    O. L. Landen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    52 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. RB
    R. Betti

    University of Rochester, United States

    47 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. JP
    J. P. Knauer

    University of Rochester, United States

    55 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. WS
    W. Seka

    University of Rochester, United States

    46 publications · 3.6K citations

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  5. DD
    D. D. Meyerhofer

    University of Rochester, United States

    45 publications · 3.6K citations

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Institutions

537

  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    74 h-index

    3.9K publications

    710.5K citations

  2. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    53 h-index

    1.9K publications

    143.6K citations

  3. Energetics (United States)

    Columbia, United States

    40 h-index

    1.5K publications

    115K citations

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    40 h-index

    870 publications

    103.3K citations

  5. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    35 h-index

    295 publications

    19.1K citations

  6. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    32 h-index

    604 publications

    120K citations

  7. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    30 h-index

    663 publications

    33.1K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    30 h-index

    395 publications

    28.7K citations

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  1. Physics of Plasmas

    176 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 90 publications · 7.6K citations

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  3. Nuclear Fusion

    58 publications · 3K citations

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  4. Laser and Particle Beams

    58 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Review of Scientific Instruments

    39 publications · 1.5K citations

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