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Papers & Presentations—2022
June
Big Advance Reported in Metasurfaces for Antireflective Optics Coatings
Researchers Update Key Measurement for ICF Experiments
April
Researchers Focus on Tantalum’s Strength from Ambient to Extreme Conditions
March
Holographic Plasma Lenses for Ultra-High-Power Lasers
NIF Helps Unravel Mysteries of Heat Conduction in Turbulent Galaxy-Cluster Plasmas
Controlling Backscatter Damage to NIF Optics
LLNL Scientists Confirm Thermonuclear Fusion in a Sheared-Flow Z-Pinch
Understanding Hot-Spot Conditions in Experiments at the National Ignition Facility
February
Nature:
How Researchers Achieved Burning Plasma Regime at NIF
Nature Physics
Paper Describes Burning Plasma Target and Laser Designs
‘Piston Model’ Shows Impact of Asymmetry on NIF Implosions
January
Ironing Out the Interiors of Exoplanets
Redlining Lasers for Nuclear Fusion