December
- MIT Plasma Science Lab Develops NIF Diagnostics
- Workshop Examines NIF’s Potential for Understanding Giant Planets
- John Edwards Elected APS Fellow
- Deadline Approaching to Register for NIF User Group Meeting
- Using Radiation to Stabilize Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth
- Mike Dunne Receives FPA Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award
- Fusion Energy Expectations Highlighted at FPA Meeting
- Under Secretary of State Tauscher Visits NIF
November
- DOE Reports on Basic Research Directions for NIF User Science
- Student/Postdoc Support Available for NIF User Group Meeting
- Minority Leader Pelosi Visits NIF
- Master Oscillator Room Celebrates Its 10-Year Anniversary
- Steve MacLaren Receives NNSA Defense Programs Award
- NIF and Lasers Highlighted at Bay Area Science Festival
- Compression Experiments, NIC Progress Featured at APS/DPP Meeting
- Target Alignment Sensor Alignment Station Moves to OSB
- Using a Diode Array to Simulate a Directed-Energy Weapon-class Laser
- NIF&PS Ice Cream Social Honors George Miller
- Chris Barty Discusses Nuclear Photonics and Petawatt Lasers
- LLNL, Korean University to Collaborate on Laser Fusion Research
- Missile Defense Agency Pays a "Home Visit" to NIF
- NIF Beampath Team Receives Jacobs "BeyondZero" Safety Award
October
- A New Mission for LLNL's "Peening Laser"
- Mitigating Raman Scattering in Laser Crystals
- Information Technology Described at Open World
- International Laser Operations Workshop
- MEGa-ray Technology Discussed
- 10th Anniversary of NIF Milestones Celebrated
- Synchrotron Aids Study of Fused Silica Breakdown
- NIF's Role in Stockpile Stewardship Discussed
- LLNL's Role in Fusion Energy Described
September
- UK and LIFE Agree to Collaborate on Laser Fusion
- LLNL's Fiber Draw Tower Draws Its First Fiber
- Liquid Deuterium Shock Timing Experiments
- NIC, LIFE Featured at IFSA 2011
- Bruce Remington Receives Edward Teller Medal
- U.S. and Russia Hold Joint ICF Workshop
- MEGa-ray Test Station Described at Conference
- Radiochemical Gas Analysis System Installed
- LLNL and NIF Host Ultrafast Optics Conference
- LLNL Gratings Enable Petawatt Laser System
- Path to Ignition Described at QuAMP 2011
- CEA and LLNL Researchers Discuss Radiation Effects
August
- New Target Fabrication Facility Nears Completion
- Ignition Tuning Campaign Study Concludes
- Advanced Materials Needed for LIFE Lasers
- Wavefront Aberrations and ARC Adaptive Optics
- Laser-driven Material Dynamics Experiments on NIF
- Capsule Implosion Instabilities Discussed
- Improving Simulations of Ignition Capsules
- NIC Papers Were Among Most-Downloaded in June
- Congress Briefed on Fusion Energy
- New LIFE Website Debuts
- Experiment Validates NIF Target Simulation Code
- Phase Instabilities and Damage in Fused Silica Optics
- NIF Can Shed Light on Supernova Explosions
- NIF Diagnostics for High-Yield Experiments
July
- LIFE Papers Detail Plans for Laser Fusion Energy
- A Faster X-ray Camera for NIF
- Capsule Shell Conditions in Laser-Driven Implosions
- Noted Photographer Captures NIC Preparations
- Laser-Energy "Maps" Predict NIF Optics Lifetimes
- MEGa-ray Research Highlighted at INMM Meeting
- NIF Vacuum Systems Described at ORNL Workshop
- Ultra-Thin Membrane Optic for Orbital Surveillance
- LIFE Reviewed by Electric Power Research Institute
- Lindl and Rosen Honored with DMTS Designation
June
- Papers Describe Path to NIC Fusion Experiments
- HED Science "Campus" Opens for Business
- Key Diagnostics Acquire Important Fuel Capsule Data
- Ribbon Shape Improves Capabilities of Fiber Lasers
- SLIDER Light Deflector Wins R&D 100 Award
- Researchers Participate in ICOPS/SOFE Conferences
- Committee Reviews Science Experiments on NIF
- Cutting-Edge Control and Data Systems Described
- Powering Lasers with New Battery Technologies
- Members of Congress, Peter Gabriel Visit NIF
May
- Designing Targets for the National Ignition Campaign
- Workshop Develops 10-Year Plan for NIF Science
- Gamma Rays Search for Concealed Nuclear Threats
- Workshop Plans Next Phase of NIF Diagnostics
- Scientific American Profiles LLNL's "Radical Energy Solution"
- Symmetry Tuning for Ignition Capsules Via the Symcap Technique
- Efficient 4th-Harmonic Laser Frequency Conversion
April
- Gearing Up for Experiments on NIF
- NIF Upgrade Will Result in Higher Peak Power
- An Improved Model for Simulating Ignition Targets
- Installation of MEGa-ray Test Stand Begins
- Fusion Target Physics Panel Briefed on LIFE and NIF
- NIF&PS Papers Win Recognition
- MIT Plasma Science Lab Develops NIF Diagnostics
- Researchers Co-author Plasma Physics Text Update
- NIF Greeted More than 4,500 Visitors in 2010
March
- NIF Achieves Record Ramp-Compression Pressure
- Aligning the NIF Optical Systems
- Fabrication of Mitigation Pits for Improving Laser Damage Resistance
- Improving Surface Figure and Laser Damage Resistance of Silica Surfaces
February
- NIF Reaches Ignition-Level Radiation Temperatures
- Developing New Applications for Fiber Lasers
- Japanese Symposium Examines HED Research on NIF
- Improving Laser Damage Resistance in NIF Optics
- Diamond X-ray Detector Deployed on NIF
January
- NIF & PS Research Highlighted at Photonics West
- Fusion Energy Study Committee Holds 2nd Meeting
- Abdul Awwal Elected a Fellow of OSA
- Phasing ARC Laser Beams with Different Dispersions
- Applications of LLNL's MEGA-ray Source
- NIF and Astrophysical Nucleosynthesis
