ICF: Double Shells and Polar Direct Drive

Presentations

• Performance of liquid DT-filled double shell implosions at the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Publication: [1] D. Montgomery et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 092706 (2018).
  [2] S. Palaniyappan et al., Phys. Plasmas (accepted)
  [3] R. Scott et al., Phys. Plasmas 32, 062706 (2025)
  

  Presenters

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Ryan Scott

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Chun-Shang Wong

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sara D Negussie

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Ryan F Sacks

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Samuel Stringfield

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Patrick M Donovan

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Derek W Schmidt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Brian M Patterson

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Theresa E Quintana

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Mora Durocher

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Kevin D Meaney

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Zaarah Mohamed

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Carl Wilde

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Christopher R Danly

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Robert Dwyer

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Ryan S Lester

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joseph Smidt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Ann Satsangi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Claudia M Shuldberg

    • GA

  • Wendi Sweet

    • General Atomics

  • Hongwei Xu

    • General Atomics

  • Jay Crippen

    • General Atomics

  • Joshua Murray

    • GA

  • Mark Ratledge

    • General Atomics

  • Ruben Santana

    • General Atomics

  • Kevin Sequoia

    • General Atomics

  • Ali C Basaran

    • General Atomics

  • Haibo Huang

    • General Atomics

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• Inferring high-Z pusher morphology near stagnation in Double Shell implosions from x-ray self-emission

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Publication: A manuscript with the same title and authors is being prepared.

  Presenters

  • Chun-Shang Wong

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Chun-Shang Wong

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Sara D Negussie

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Enac Gallardo-Diaz

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Samuel Stringfield

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Shape analysis of DT-filled double shell implosions at the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Zaarah Mohamed

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Zaarah Mohamed

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Chun-Shang Wong

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • James F Dowd

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Tiffany R Desjardins

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Ryan Scott

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry F Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Samuel Stringfield

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Derek W Schmidt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Investigating the Joint Feature in Double Shell Targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Tiffany R Desjardins

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Tiffany R Desjardins

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Alexander G Seaton

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Christopher T Wilson

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Numerical simulation of performance metrics and trends in double shell implosions on the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Ryan Scott

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Ryan Scott

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry F Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Brian Michael Haines

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Yield Sensitivity to Fabrication-Induced Inner Shell Backwall Damage in Double Shell Capsules

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Brandon M Medina

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Brandon M Medina

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Ryan F Sacks

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Post-Shot Modeling of Double Shell Implosions Using Integrated Hohlraum Simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Sara D Negussie

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Sara D Negussie

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry F Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Brian Michael Haines

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Irina Sagert

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Measurements of inner shell pre-heat response in a double shell two-axis keyhole implosion

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Alexander M Rasmus

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Alexander M Rasmus

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Samuel Stringfield

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Tiffany R Desjardins

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Lauren Green

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Lynn Kot

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Zaarah Mohamed

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Nicholas Roskopf

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Ryan F Sacks

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Irina Sagert

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Derek W Schmidt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Christopher T Wilson

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Chun-Shang Wong

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Hongwei Xu

    • General Atomics

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• Pulse shaping with plastic ablators to overcome unique challenges with indirect-drive double shell inertial confinement fusion

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:06 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Alexander M Rasmus

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Irina Sagert

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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• Investigating 2MJ Double Shell Designs

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:18 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Ryan F Sacks

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Ryan F Sacks

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Harry Francis Robey

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Eric N Loomis

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Joshua Paul Sauppe

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sasi Palaniyappan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Polar Direct Drive Inertial Fusion Energy Target designs for high energy lasers

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • John L Kline

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • John L Kline

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Camille Samulski

    • Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

  • Sarah E Hansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Adrianna M Angulo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Radha Bahukutumbi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • University of Rochester

  • Evan S Dodd

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Brian Michael Haines

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • G. E. G Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Varchas Gopalaswamy

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Rahul C Shah

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Valeri N Goncharov

    • University of Rochester

  • Cliff A Thomas

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Suxing Hu

    • University of Rochester

  • Alexander Shvydky

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

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• Designing Polar Direct Drive Spherical Targets for a 10MJ Laser Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:42 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Camille Samulski

    • Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

  Authors

  • Camille Samulski

    • Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

  • John L Kline

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Sarah E Hansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Scaling Validation of Polar Direct Drive Capsule Implosions Using xRage

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Sarah E Hansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  Authors

  • Sarah E Hansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • John L Kline

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Camille Samulski

    • Virginia Tech/Los Alamos National Lab

  • P. B Radha

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Evan S Dodd

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Mark Jude Schmitt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • G. E. G Kemp

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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• Bayesian Optimization of Direct-Drive Double-Shell Targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 21, 2025, 12:06 PM – Nov. 21, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Adrianna Angulo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  Authors

  • Adrianna Angulo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Mike Grosskopf

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • John L Kline

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

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