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Nature Physics 3, 680 - 682 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys742
Subject Category: Plasma physics
Laser-driven fusion: Incoherent light on the road to ignition
Christine Labaune1
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Christine labaune is the Director of the Institute Lasers and Plasmas-CNRS-CEA-Ecole Polytechnique-Université Bordeaux1-Zone Laseris 1- 33114 Le Barp, France.
e-mail: christine.labaune@polytechnique.fr
Abstract
The efficient transmission of intense laser light through a plasma while minimizing instabilities represents a critical challenge to the development of laser fusion. Simulations and experiments of unprecedented scale suggest the future is bright.
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