December
- Study of the Betatron X-Ray Spectrum Reported in Physical Review Letters
- John Edwards Briefs Fusion Power Associates on NIF Progress and Plans
- Supercomputers Will Simulate NIF Laser-Plasma Interactions
- NIF 120-Day Study Committee Meets
- Studying Materials Dynamically Compressed to More than 1 Megabar
- Effect of Early-Time Cross-Beam Energy Transfer Described
- NIF&PS Team Helps Make Holidays Bright
- TeamNIF Members Receive Lean Six Sigma Certification
- NIF Visitors: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
November
- Record-Yield NIF Experiments Discussed at Plasma Physics Meeting
- NIF-CEA Workshop Examines Results of Recent Experiments
- Two NIF&PS Teams Receive 2013 Science & Technology Awards
- Lab Systems Team Receives Center of Excellence Award
- Photo of the Month: NIF transport mirror damage mitigation
October
- Ed Moses Announces His Next Challenge
- Laser-to-X-ray Conversion Efficiency Enhancement Reported
- John Moody, Prav Patel Named APS Fellows
- LLNL and NIF Host ICALEPCS 2013
- NIF&PS Radiation Waste Reduction Efforts Recognized by NNSA
- Chris Barty Gives His First "Distinguished Lecturer" Talks
- Solid-state Framing Camera with Multiple Time Frames
- Lasers, Optics and Computers Highlighted at EYH Conference
- NIF Visitors: JET Propulsion Lab Director, HAPLS Team
September
- LLNL to Build Next-Generation European Laser Project
- NIF's Progress and Promise Discussed at IFSA Conference
- Laser-plasma Interaction Physics of Indirect-drive Fusion
- NNSA Hosts Target Fabrication Industry Day
- Inertial Fusion Energy Discussed at Fusion Nuclear Technology Symposium
- LLNL Optics Research Featured at Laser Damage Symposium
- Ultrafast Short-pulse Fiber Laser Described in Optics Letters
- NIF's Tritium Processing System Minimizes Releases and Saves Money
- NIF Visitors: UC Regents, DOE/NNSA Operations Council, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
August
- New Model Measures Hydrodynamic Mix in ICF Implosions
- First Measurements of Shock Waves in DT Layered Implosions
- 2013 R&D 100 Submissions Celebrated
- LLNL Researchers Participate in SPIE Optics+Photonics Conference
- Diamond Capsule Implosion Experiments Reviewed
- Simulations Test the Effects of Imposed Magnetic Fields on ICF Implosions
- NIF Visitors: Harold Brown, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Discovery Channel, Structural Mechanics Conference
July
- Two NIF&PS Technologies Win R&D 100 Awards
- Progress Toward Ignition on NIF Reported in Physics of Plasmas Cover Article
- Using Raman Backscatter as a Remote Laser Power Sensor
- NIF Ignition Experiments Discussed at European Physical Society Conference
- Ramp Compression of Iron to 273 GPa reported in Journal of Applied Physics
- LLNL Welcomes Ultrahigh-Energy Laser Researchers
- Laboratory Co-sponsors Anomalous Absorption Conference
- NNSA Conducts an Ignition Strategic Review
- Studies of Hot-spot Mix in Ignition-scale NIF Implosions Reported
- John Murray Obituary Appears on Physics Today Website
- NIF Visitors: Congressman Chaka Fattah, Phyllis Rothrock, California Assembly Members
June
- NIF Radiological Operations Improvements Save Time, Cut Costs, and Reduce Waste
- LLNL Researchers Report on NIF Optics Technologies
- Effects of Thermal Annealing on Fused Silica Damage Sites
- IFE Highlighted at Special CLEO Symposium
- NIF Management Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting
- ICF/HEDSS Peer Review Panel Meets
- NIF and IFE Updates Presented at Fusion Engineering Symposium
- LLNL HED Science Described at Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference
- NIF Visitors: Defense Science Study Group
May
- Workshops Review Steps on the Path to Ignition
- Selective Mode Amplification in Ribbon-core Optical Fibers
- NIF Implosions at Ignition-Relevant Velocities Described in Physics of Plasmas
- LLNL Gamma-ray Technology Featured at Particle Accelerator Conference
- LLNL Hosts International Laser Operations Workshop
- Chris Barty Discusses LLNL's Role in Nuclear Photonics at CLEO/Europe-IQEC
- ICF National Diagnostic Working Group Meets
- Hohlraum Physics Working Group Plans International Collaborations
- Radiative Shocks from Spherical Cryogenic NIF Implosions
- NIF and Inertial Fusion Energy Discussed at ICENES 2013
- Backlit Imaging of Axially Symmetric ICF Plasmas Reported in Applied Optics
- History Channel Documentary on 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' Features NIF
- Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano Visits NIF
April
- Jeff Atherton Named NIF Director
- NIF's Electric Power Supply Gets an Upgrade
- LLNL Physics of Plasmas Papers among Most-Cited in 2012
- Collisionless Coupling of Ion and Electron Temperatures
- NIF's Journey to an Effective Maintenance Program
- Precision Mapping of NIF Target Capsules
- LLNL Researchers Participate in International Conferences
- Moses Discusses NIF Research at Texas A&M
- NIF and IFE Highlighted during Sacramento Earth Day Celebration
- NIF Data Review Workshop
- Effects of Ion Heating on Crossbeam Energy Transfer
- Gordon Bell, Rep. Ken Calvert Visit NIF
March
- NIF's Radiation-Sniffing Robot Is Ready for Duty
- Cryo Target Fabrication Team Celebrates 300th "Scale 575" Hohlraum
- March S&TR Reports on NIF's Pathway to Ignition
- Bldg. 494 Warehouse Group Celebrates 15 Injury-Free Years
- NIF&PS Participates in "Day of Innovation" at Fremont Elementary School
- Ray Beach Honored with DMTS Designation
- Paper on LLNL's Alkali Vapor Lasers is Among Most-Cited
- Hohlraum Physics Working Group Holds First Meeting
- Record Plasma Physics Simulations Conducted on LLNL Supercomputer
- Peer Review Panel Meets to Review Proposals
- NIF Streaked Radiography Experiments Reported in Physics of Plasmas
- Lasers Highlighted at Expanding Your Horizons Conference
- Sensitivity of NIF Implosions to Radiation Flux Asymmetries Reported
- Alternate Hohlraum Materials as Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets
- Descendants of AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss, Japanese Ambassador Nishida Visit NIF
February
- Test Station Achieves World-Class X-band Power Levels
- Patent Issued for Novel Isotope Detector
- National Academies Recommend "High Priority" IFE Research on NIF
- NIF Petawatt Laser Moves Onto Fast Track
- NIF and Jupiter Laser Facility User Groups Meet
- Progress toward Fusion Energy Described at AAAS Annual Meeting
- X-Ray Scattering Measurements in Shock-Compressed Aluminum
- Positron Beam Emittance Produced by Intense Lasers
- Mode Converter Boosts Power in Rectangular-core Fiber Amplifiers
- Hydrodynamic Instability Experiments on NIF Discussed at HED Seminar
- Gen. Dawkins and Science News Reporter Visit NIF
- Photo of the Month: NIF Capacitor Bay
January
- MIT-NIF Team Delivers Key NIF Diagnostics
- Efforts to Improve NIF Optics Damage Resistance Described
- Science on NIF Technical Review Committee Meets
- Effects of Species Separation in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions
- SRS and Speckle Interaction in Multi-speckled Laser Beams
- Moses Reports on NIF&PS Progress and Plans at All-Hands Meetings
- Dynamics of High-Energy Proton Beam Acceleration Discussed
- Lab Celebrates Johnny Foster's Contributions to Science and Security
- NIF&PS "Goes Green" in More Ways Than One
- Gens. Stoss and Crosier of U.S. STRATCOM Tour NIF
