Inertial Confinement Fusion: Target Design Section

Overview
The principle goal of indirect-drive ICF research is to convert the energy of a driver (either laser or ion beam) into a uniform radiation field directed onto a fuel capsule in the center of a hohlraum. The hohlraum target must be designed in such a way as to achieve this energy conversion efficiently and uniformly.

At Berkeley, students participate in the design of fusion targets with teams at the LBNL Accelerator and Fusion Research Division.