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Incoherent light on the road to ignition

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The efficient transmission of intense laser light through a plasma while minimizing instabilities represents a critical challenge to the development of laser fusion. Simulations and experiments of unprecedented scale suggest the future is bright.

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Figure 1: Three schemes for laser-driven fusion.

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  1. Christine labaune is the Director of the Institute Lasers and Plasmas-CNRS-CEA-Ecole Polytechnique-Université Bordeaux1-Zone Laseris 1- 33114 Le Barp, France. christine.labaune@polytechnique.fr,

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Labaune, C. Incoherent light on the road to ignition. Nature Phys 3, 680–682 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys742

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