As it turns out, though, the benefits of making such a switch are so great that perhaps within the next decade we can expect laser-ignition systems to become commonplace in a wide range of ...

These new results are encouraging for the indirect-drive approach to laser fusion, and especially so for predictive capability for the design of future ignition experiments. Ensuring that a beam ...

The laser energy fuses the hydrogen together to create a burst of energy in a process called ignition. Nuclear fusion offers ...

Both of these laser systems failed to achieve ignition and only got middling results, mostly due to variations in the laser beam’s irradiation. Despite a funding crunch for fusion research in ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by representatives from politics, business and science aimed at establishing a ...

Laser fusion research ... amount of power designers estimate is needed to apply to the target to achieve ignition, said Omar Hurricane, chief scientist for the inertial confinement fusion program ...