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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 49 | Number 3 | April 2006 | Pages 453-482
Technical Paper | Fast Ignition | doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1161
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The laser challenges and state of the art in high-energy, solid-state petawatt lasers for fast ignition (FI) research are reviewed. A number of new laser systems are currently under construction or being planned that will facilitate proof-of-principle FI experiments. Recent technological advances in each of the major ultrafast laser subsystems are reported, including chirped-pulse generation and broadband amplification in the front end, high-energy amplification, and pulse compression with adaptive wavefront correction. Unique challenges related to operating high-energy chirped-pulse-amplification laser systems for FI, such as protection from target back reflections, are also addressed.