Benoit Canaud

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of the Laser MegaJoule facility within the shock ignition scheme has been considered, and three-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations have been performed in order to analyse the magnitude of the azimuthal component of the irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the long-pulse laser beams of the Orion facility as a direct driver for the irradiation of a spherical capsule and calculated the intrinsic root-mean-square illumination non-uniformity σ 0, assuming circular and elliptical super-Gaussian laser intensity profiles.

TL;DR: In this article, the alpha-particle energy deposition mechanism modifies the ignition conditions of the thermonuclear Deuterium-Tritium fusion reactions, and constitutes a key issue in achieving high gain in Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the optimal laser intensity profiles for a direct-drive inertial confinement fusion scheme were derived for a generic irradiation configuration characterized by an arbitrary number of laser beams provided that they irradiate the whole target surface.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D hydrodynamic numerical simulation of laser driven thin-shell gas-filled microballoons has been carried out using the computer code MULTI-3D.