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Nature 314, 133-134 (14 March 1985) | doi:10.1038/314133a0
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Laser fusion: Hollow shells, shorter wavelengths
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SINCE laser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF) was declassified in 1972, its somewhat chequered history has centred around the problem of symmetry. Using laser beams, the deuterium-tritium (DT) target pellet has to be compressed to as much as 200 g cm3, an enormous compression that distinguishes the ICF pellet from the hydrogen bomb.
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