William L. Kruer

TL;DR: In this article, a capsule is imploded as in the conventional approach to inertial fusion to assemble a high density fuel configuration, and a hole is bored through the capsule corona composed of ablated material, as the critical density is pushed close to the high density core of the capsule by the ponderomotive force associated with high intensity laser light.

TL;DR: In this article, the interaction of ultra-intensemble laser pulses with a plasma was investigated and substantial absorption into heated electrons with a characteristic temperature of order the pondermotive potential was found.

TL;DR: Kruer as mentioned in this paper provides a concise overview and a physically-motivated treatment of the major plasma processes which determine the interaction of intense light waves with plasmas, and also includes a discussion of basic plasma concepts, plasma simulation using particle codes, and laser plasma experiments.

TL;DR: The direct-drive, laser-based approach to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is reviewed from its inception following the demonstration of the first laser to its implementation on the present generation of high-power lasers as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Kruer as discussed by the authors provides a concise overview and a physically-motivated treatment of the major plasma processes which determine the interaction of intense light waves with plasmas, and also includes a discussion of basic plasma concepts, plasma simulation using particle codes, and laser plasma experiments.