Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Time Event (+)
08:00 - 08:40 Registration  
08:40 - 09:00 Welcome - Paul-Edouard Masson-Laborde  
09:00 - 10:20 Laser-Plasma Interaction (+)  
09:00 - 09:20 › Mitigation of laser-plasma instabilities for inertial fusion energy target designs - Wolfgang THEOBALD, Focused Energy & University of Rochester (US)  
09:20 - 09:40 › Investigation of laser plasma instabilities driven by 527 nm laser pulses for direct drive inertial confinement fusion - Şêro ZÄHTER, Focused Energy (DE)  
09:40 - 10:00 › Investigation of Laser-Plasma Instabilities at the PALS facility using large-scale 2D PIC simulations - Ben GOSLING, University of Warwick (GB)  
10:00 - 10:20 › Particle-in-cell simulations of laser-plasma instabilities in shock-ignition systems - Stuart MORRIS, University of Warwick (GB)  
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break  
10:50 - 12:10 Laser-Plasma Interaction (+)  
10:50 - 11:10 › Dynamics of nanosecond laser pulses propagation and cross-talk in a magnetized underdense plasma - Weipeng YAO, LULI & LERMA (FR)  
11:10 - 11:30 › Bow shock formation in a plasma flowing across ICF scale randomized laser beams - Wojciech ROZMUS, University of Alberta (CA)  
11:30 - 11:50 › Theory, simulations, and 1D modeling of hydrodynamic shocks in a plasma flowing across randomized ICF scale laser beams - Stefan HÜLLER Centre de Physique Théorique (FR)  
11:50 - 12:10 › 3D modeling of cross beam energy transfer between spatially smoothed laser beams - Yann LALAIRE, CEA/DIF (FR)  
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:20 Laser-Plasma Interaction (+)  
14:00 - 14:20 › Transmission of broadband laser radiation through low density homogeneous plasma - David BLACKMAN, ELI Beamlines (CZ)  
14:20 - 14:40 › Analytical modeling of the spray amplification of a smoothed laser beam - Charles RUYER, CEA/DIF (FR)  
14:40 - 15:00 › Investigation of Cross-Beam Energy Transfer in Direct-Drive Implosions with Varying Beam-to-Target Width Ratio - Philip MOLONEY, Imperial College London (GB)  
15:00 - 15:20 › Recent results from experimental LPI studies approaching shock ignition conditions - Emma HUME, INO-CNR / ILIL (IT)  
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee break  
15:50 - 16:50 Laser-Plasma Interaction (+)  
15:50 - 16:10 › The sub-MeV Bremsstrahlung Cannon (sMBC), a novel hard X-ray spectrometer for hot electron characterisation - Matthew KHAN, University of York (GB)  
16:10 - 16:30 › Experimental investigation on plasma scale-length dependence of laser-plasma interactions and hot electron generation for shock ignition scheme - Chiharu NAKATSUJI, Osaka University / ILE (JP)  
16:30 - 16:50 › Preliminary observation of stimulated Raman side-scattering dependence on laser and plasma parameters in Direct-Drive experiments - Kevin GLIZE, STFC/RAL (GB)  
16:50 - 17:30 Discussion  

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Time Event (+)
08:00 - 08:40 Registration  
08:40 - 09:00 Welcome - Sébastien Le Pape  
09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: The study of laser plasma interaction on broadband Kunwu Laser Facility - Peipei WANG, SIOM (CN)
 
09:40 - 10:30 Alternative ICF schemes & IFE concepts (+)  
09:40 - 10:05 › Efficient, high peak-power, short pulse lasers: a universal platform for fusion applications - Georg KORN, Marvel Fusion (DE)  
10:05 - 10:30 › Ignition of low to medium-Z fuels and high gain - Hartmut RUHL, Marvel Fusion & LMU (DE)  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:15 Alternative ICF schemes & IFE concepts (+)  
11:00 - 11:25 › Initial target design for a Fusion Pilot Plant - Stefano ATZENI, Focused Energy (DE)  
11:25 - 11:50 › The Shock-Augmented Ignition Approach to Laser Inertial Fusion - Robbie SCOTT, STFC/RAL (GB)  
11:50 - 12:15 › Isochoric compression design studies for Proton Fast Ignition - Matthias BRÖNNER Focused Energy & TU Darmstadt (DE)  
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:40 Hydrodynamics, transport & particle acceleration (+)  
14:00 - 14:25 › A novel GPU based 3D raytracing algorithm for DUED code - Lorenzo SAVINO, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (IT)  
14:25 - 14:50 › Development of an Ion Stopping Power platform at low projectile-to-thermal velocity ratio - Warren GARBETT, AWE Aldermaston (GB)  
14:50 - 15:15 › Proton beam transport and focusing in warm dense matter - Sophia MALKO, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (US)  
15:15 - 15:40 › Efficient Proton Acceleration via double pulse laser approach - Luca VOLPE, USAL (ES)  
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break  
16:10 - 17:25 Alternative ICF schemes & IFE concepts (+)  
16:10 - 16:35 › A new sub-scale implosion facility for direct-drive IFE - Pravesh PATEL, Focused Energy (US)  
16:35 - 17:00 › Fast ignition of imploded fusion targets by laser-driven protons - Javier HONRUBIA, Focused Energy & Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (ES)  
17:00 - 17:25 › Two-Dimensional Simulations of Proton Fast Ignition Cone-in-Shell Targets - Alfonso MATEO, Focused Energy & Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES)  
17:25 - 18:05 Discussion  
19:00 - 22:30 Conference dinner (Les Belles Plantes - 47 rue Cuvier, Paris V)
 

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: Persistent hot-spot mix in cryogenic direct drive fusion experiments - Rahul SHAH, U. Rochester / LLE (US)
 
09:40 - 10:30 Direct Drive ICF (+)  
09:40 - 10:05 › Modeling Target Defects in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion - Timothy COLLINS, University of Rochester (US)  
10:05 - 10:30 › Hot spot characterization in direct-drive implosions at OMEGA - Witold CAYZAC, CEA/DIF (FR)  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:15 Direct Drive ICF (+)  
11:00 - 11:25 › The High-Performance Direct-Drive DT-layered Implosion Campaign on the OMEGA laser - Riccardo BETTI, LLE (US)  
11:25 - 11:50 › Direct drive campaign of initial confined fusion at the National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics - Jianqiang ZHU, SIOM (CN)  
11:50 - 12:15 › Optimization of laser pulses for direct-drive implosions via machine learning - HuanYu SONG, Shanghai Jiao Tong U. (CN)  
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:15 Indirect Drive ICF - LPI (+)  
14:00 - 14:25 › Overview of LMJ-PETAL experimental capabilities & guidelines for 2027-2029 call of proposals - Alexis CASNER, CEA/DAN  
14:25 - 14:50 › First inertial confinement fusion implosions using low gas-filled hohlraums on the Laser Mega Joule facility - Marion LAFON, CEA/DIF  
14:50 - 15:15 › Influence of Collisional Effects on Stimulated Brillouin Backscattering - Rémi CAPDESSUS, CEA/DIF  
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break  
15:45 - 17:00 Direct Drive ICF (+)  
15:45 - 16:10 › Optimization of Polar Direct Drive for Mega-Joule Laser Facilities - Duncan BARLOW, CELIA (FR)  
16:10 - 16:35 › Simulation of polar direct drive wetted-foam capsule physics - Mark SCHMITT, Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)  
16:35 - 17:00 › Tuning the N+1 Shock to Increase Yield - Calum FREEMAN, University of York & STFC/RAL (GB)  
17:00 - 17:40 Discussion  

Friday, May 24, 2024

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: Foams for Inertial Confinement Fusion - Mattia CIPRIANI, ENEA Frascati (IT)
 
09:40 - 10:55 Hydrodynamics & transport (+)  
09:40 - 10:05 › Investigation of ion temperature in low-density foams - Lubomír HUDEC, České Vysoké Učení Technické (CZ)  
10:05 - 10:30 › Laser-induced shock waves in overcritical foams - Antoine GINTRAND, ELI Beamlines (CZ)  
10:30 - 10:55 › Magnetic Cavitation Driven by Heat Flow in a Plasma - Christopher ARRAN, University of York (GB)  
10:55 - 11:25 Coffee break  
11:25 - 12:15 Hydrodynamics & transport (+)  
11:25 - 11:50 › Short-time scaling of the laser-driven ablation front with 1D kinetic simulations - Corentin VEAUVY, CEA/DIF (FR)  
11:50 - 12:15 › Time resolved x-ray imaging of hot electron retention and refluxing in Cu targets irradiated at shock ignition relevant laser intensities - Oldrich RENNER, Institute of Plasma Physics CAS & ELI Beamlines (CZ)  
12:15 - 12:55 Discussion  
12:55 - 13:10 Concluding remarks - Sébastien Le Pape