Volume 73

Interrupting an Imminent Body Current Fault and Restoring Full Power in Milliseconds on a DIII-D National Fusion Facility Gyrotron

D. Ponce, R. Brambila, M. Cengher, Y. Gorelov, W. Grosnickle, J. Lohr, A. Torrezan

Surface Topography and Deuterium Retention of Polycrystalline Tungsten and Nanocrystalline Tungsten Film Exposed to Deuterium Plasma

Jiangang Yu, Wenjia Han, Ziwei Lian, Kaigui Zhu

Improving Activation Cross Sections for Fusion Applications

N. Dzysiuk, A. J. Koning, D. Rochman, U. Fischer

Comparison of an Electrothermal Plasma Source to a Light Gas Gun for Launching Large Cryogenic Pellets for Tokamak Disruption Mitigation

T. E. Gebhart, S. K. Combs, L. R. Baylor

Assessment of Tritium Release Through Permeation and Natural Leakage in ITER CN HCCB TBS Under Normal Operations

Chang An Chen, Xin Zhou, Zhanlei Wang, Bo Wang, Lingbo Liu, Xin Xiang, Yong Yao, Jiangfeng Song

Structural Analysis of Wendelstein 7-X Nonplanar Coil Type 1 in Self-Field Test Conditions

Shanwen Zhang, Yuntao Song, Zhongwei Wang, Xuebing Peng, Jianfeng Zhang, Yongfa Qin, Linlin Tang, Qiang He

Preparation of Multifunctional Detritiation Catalyst and Design of Detritiation Reactor in Fusion Facility

Quanwen Wu, Wenhua Luo, Xiayan Yan, Jingwen Ba, Zhenhua Zheng, Zhiyong Huang, Jinchun Bao, Danling Dai, Daqiao Meng

Investigation of Craze and Cracks of Polystyrene Shells During Drying Process

Dawei Pan, Weixing Huang, Qiang Chen, Sufen Chen, Zhanwen Zhang, Meifang Liu, Bo Li

Design of the Horizontal Preload System for the Toroidal Field Coils of HL-2M Project

Tao Lin, Dequan Liu, Lijun Cai, Qiang Li, Laizhong Cai, Tao Qiao

Development of Data Acquisition and Protection System of Infrared Thermometer for EAST NBI

C. D. Hu, W. Liu, C. C. Jiang, L. Z. Liang, S. Liu, S. H. Song, J. X. Wang, L. Tao

Update 2017 on Target Fabrication Requirements for High-Performance NIF Implosion Experiments

S. W. Haan, D. S. Clark, C. R. Weber, S. H. Baxamusa, J. Biener, L. Berzak Hopkins, T. Bunn, D. A. Callahan, L. Carlson, M. J. Edwards, B. A. Hammel, A. Hamza, D. E. Hinkel, D. D. Ho, W. Hsing, H. Huang, O. A. Hurricane, M. A. Johnson, O. S. Jones, A. L. Kritcher, O. L. Landen, J. D. Lindl, M. M. Marinak, A. J. MacKinnon, N. B. Meezan, J. Milovich, A. Nikroo, J. L. Peterson, P. Patel, H. F. Robey, V. A. Smalyuk, B. K. Spears, M. Stadermann, J. L. Kline, D. C. Wilson, A. N. Simakov, A. Yi

The National Direct-Drive Program: OMEGA to the National Ignition Facility

S. P. Regan, V. N. Goncharov, T. C. Sangster, E. M. Campbell, R. Betti, K. S. Anderson, T. Bernat, A. Bose, T. R. Boehly, M. J. Bonino, D. Cao, R. Chapman, T. J. B. Collins, R. S. Craxton, A. K. Davis, J. A. Delettrez, D. H. Edgell, R. Epstein, M. Farrell, C. J. Forrest, J. A. Frenje, D. H. Froula, M. Gatu Johnson, C. Gibson, V. Yu. Glebov, A. Greenwood, D. R. Harding, M. Hohenberger, S. X. Hu, H. Huang, J. Hund, I. V. Igumenshchev, D. W. Jacobs-Perkins, R. T. Janezic, M. Karasik, R. L. Keck, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, J. P. Knauer, T. Z. Kosc, S. J. Loucks, J. A. Marozas, F. J. Marshall, R. L. McCrory, P. W. McKenty, D. D. Meyerhofer, D. T. Michel, J. F. Myatt, S. P. Obenschain, R. D. Petrasso, N. Petta, P. B. Radha, M. J. Rosenberg, A. J. Schmitt, M. J. Schmitt, M. Schoff, W. Seka, W. T. Shmayda, M. J. Shoup, III, A. Shvydky, A. A. Solodov, C. Stoeckl, W. Sweet, C. Taylor, R. Taylor, W. Theobald, J. Ulreich, M. D. Wittman, K. M. Woo, J. D. Zuegel

Metrology Feasibility Study in Support of the National Direct-Drive Program

H. Huang, K. Engelhorn, K. Sequoia, A. Greenwood, W. Sweet, L. Carlson, F. Elsner, M. Farrell

Evaluation of Direct Drive Capsule Fill-Tube Assembly Survivability in Support of the 100 GBar Campaign

L. C. Carlson, P. Fitzsimmons, S. Pajoom, R. Petzoldt, A. Tambazidis, D. Harding, R. Chapman, J. Ulreich, M. Wittman

Quantitative Submicron Particulate Characterization by Dark-Field Microscopy

T. Bernat, C. Castro, A. Pasternak, J. Sin, O. Stein, N. Petta

Characterization of Laser Megajoule Targets by X-Ray Tomography

Alexandre Choux, Lise Barnouin, Ludovic Reverdy, Marc Theobald

Developments in Shell Surface Characterizations Using Holography

A. Chobriat, O. Raphaël, C. Hermerel, E. Busvelle, A. Choux, P. Merillot, L. Reverdy, M. Theobald

Enhanced Dual Confocal Measurement System

K. Tomlinson, C. T. Seagle, H. Huang, G. E. Smith, J. L. Taylor, R. R. Paguio

Application of Additive Manufacturing for Laser Target Fabrication

J. Andre, G. De Demo, K. Molina, S. Le Tacon, C. Chicanne, M. Theobald

Fabrication of Low-Density Shock-Propagation Targets Using Two-Photon Polymerization

O. Stein, Y. Liu, J. Streit, J. H. Campbell, Y. F. Lu, Y. Aglitskiy, N. Petta

Lithographic Printing Via Two-Photon Polymerization of Engineered Foams

Matthew J. Herman, Dominic Peterson, Kevin Henderson, Tana Cardenas, Christopher E. Hamilton, John Oertel, Brian M. Patterson

Quantitative Analysis of Ultralow-Density Materials Using Laboratory-Based Quasi-Monochromatic Radiography

Brian M. Patterson, John Sain, Richard Seugling, Miguel Santiago-Cordoba, Lynne Goodwin, John Oertel, Joseph Cowan, Christopher E. Hamilton, Nikolaus L. Cordes, Stuart A. Gammon, Theodore F. Baumann

Quantitative Determination of Wax Contamination in Polystyrene HIPE Foam Using Solid-State NMR

Kyle J. Cluff, Lynne A. Goodwin, Christopher E. Hamilton, Matthew N. Lee, John A. Oertel

Dry-Machining of Aerogel Foams, CH Foams, and Specially Engineered Foams Using Turn-Milling Techniques

Randall B. Randolph, John A. Oertel, Tana Cardenas, Christopher E. Hamilton, Derek W. Schmidt, Brian M. Patterson, Franklin Fierro, Deanna Capelli

Fabrication of Low-Density Foam Liners in Hohlraums for NIF Targets

Suhas Bhandarkar, Ted Baumann, Noel Alfonso, Cliff Thomas, Kevin Baker, Alastair Moore, Cindy Larson, Don Bennett, John Sain, Abbas Nikroo

Zinc Oxide–Coated Poly(HIPE) Annular Liners to Advance Laser Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion

Paul Fitzsimmons, Fred Elsner, Reny Paguio, Abbas Nikroo, Cliff Thomas, Kevin Baker, Haibo Huang, Mike Schoff, David Kaczala, Hannah Reynolds, Sean Felker, Mike Farrell, Brian J. Watson

Platinum Electrodeposition for Supported ALD Templated Foam Hohlraum Liners

Corie Horwood, Michael Stadermann, Monika Biener, Don Bennett, Suhas Bhandarkar, Thomas L. Bunn

Supercritical Drying of Wet Gel Layers Generated Inside ICF Ablator Shells

Tom Braun, Sung Ho Kim, Monika M. Biener, Alex V. Hamza, Juergen Biener

Using Digital Microfluidics to Dispense, Combine, and Transport Low-Surface-Energy Fluids

B. P. Chock, D. R. Harding, T. B. Jones

Performance of Different “Lab-On-Chip” Geometries for Making Double Emulsions to Form Polystyrene Shells

N. D. Viza, D. R. Harding

Controlled Generation of Double Emulsions for Laser Fusion Target Fabrication Using a Glass Capillary Microfluidic Device

Yuki Iwasa, Kohei Yamanoi, Yumi Kaneyasu, Takayoshi Norimatsu

Fabrication of Multilayer GDP Targets for Foil Thickness Experiments

Stephan A. Letts, Jared F. Hund, Justin Sin, Jonathan Monterrosa, Brian Motta, Rod Cahayag, Nicole Petta

Evaluation of Polyimide/Carbon Composite Films for Capsule Support

M. Stadermann, C. Aracne-Ruddle, J. Florio, S. Felker, J. Bigelow, S. Johnson, B. Lairson, J. Betcher

Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments

N. Rice, M. Vu, C. Kong, M. Mauldin, A. Tambazidis, M. Hoppe, Jr., P. Fitzsimmons, M. Farrell, D. Clark, E. Dewald, V. Smalyuk

Novel Capsule Fill Tube Assemblies for the Hydrodynamic Growth Radiography Targets

J. W. Crippen, E. L. Alfonso, N. G. Rice, C. Kong, M. McInnis, S. Felker

Freezing Hydrogen in Nanoconfinement

S. O. Kucheyev, J. M. Lenhardt

Materials and Morphology Study for Templated Hydrogen Solidification

Swanee J. Shin, Bernard J. Kozioziemski

D₂ and D-T Liquid-Layer Target Shots at the National Ignition Facility

Curtis Walters, Ethan Alger, Suhas Bhandarkar, Kurt Boehm, Tom Braun, Francisco Espinosaloza, Benjamin Haid, Ricardo Heredia, John Kline, Bernard Kozioziemski, Jeremy Kroll, Daniel Malone, Abbas Nikroo, Patrick Opsahl, James Sater, Alex Zylstra

Effect of Tritium-Induced Damage on Plastic Targets from High-Density DT Permeation

M. D. Wittman, M. J. Bonino, D. H. Edgell, C. Fella, D. R. Harding, J. Sanchez

Requirements and Capabilities for Fielding Cryogenic DT-Containing Fill-Tube Targets for Direct-Drive Experiments on OMEGA

D. R. Harding, J. Ulreich, M. D. Wittman, R. Chapman, C. Taylor, R. Taylor, N. P. Redden, J. C. Lambropoulos, R. Q. Gram, M. J. Bonino, D. W. Turner

Metal Alloy ICF Capsules Created by Electrodeposition

Corie Horwood, Michael Stadermann, Thomas L. Bunn

Progress Toward Fabrication of Machined Metal Shells for the First Double-Shell Implosions at the National Ignition Facility

Tana Cardenas, Derek W. Schmidt, Eric N. Loomis, Randall B. Randolph, Christopher E. Hamilton, John Oertel, Brian M. Patterson, Kevin Henderson, Doug C. Wilson, Elizabeth Merritt, David Montgomery, William Daughton, Evan Dodd, Sasikumar Palaniyappan, John Kline, Steve Batha, Haibo Huang, Marty L. Hoppe, Michael Schoff, Neal Rice, Abbas Nikroo, Morris Wang, Richard Seugling, Donald Bennett, Steve Johnson, Carlos Castro

Progress in Developing Novel Double-Shell Metal Targets Via Magnetron Sputtering

H. Xu, H. Huang, J. Walker, C. Kong, N. G. Rice, M. P. Mauldin, J. D. Vocke, J. H. Bae, W. Sweet, F. H. Elsner, M. P. Farrell, Y. M. Wang, C. Alford, T. Cardenas, E. Loomis

Development of Electroplated Au Capsule Fill Tube Assemblies (CFTA) for the Double Shell ICF Concept on NIF

C. Kong, E. M. Giraldez, J. W. Crippen, H. Huang, M. L. Hoppe, Jr., M. Vu, K. J. Boehm, N. G. Rice, F. H. Elsner, P. Fitzsimmons, M. P. Farrell

Process Developments in the Fabrication of Depleted Uranium Hohlraums

J. S. Jaquez, M. O. Havre, A. Nikroo, S. D. Bhandarkar, M. Wang, B. Stahl, K. Kangas, M. P. Farrell

Prevention of Residual Gas Condensation on the Laser Entry Hole Windows on Cryogenic NIF Targets Using a Protective Warm Film

Suhas Bhandarkar, Jim Fair, Ben Haid, Evan Mapoles, Jeff Atherton, Cliff Thomas, John Moody, Jeremy Kroll, Abbas Nikroo

Deflection and Burst Properties of Polyimide Windows for High Pressures

T. Bernat, C. Castro, J. Hund, A. Pastrnak, N. Petta, J. Sin, O. Stein

High-Z Ultrathin Foil Fabrication for Intense Laser Experiments

S. Le Tacon, N. Cermelli, R. Bourdenet, I. Geoffray, C. Chicanne, M. Theobald

Be:B Amorphous Coatings and Order-Disorder Transitions

H. Xu, H. Huang, J. Walker, F. H. Elsner, M. P. Farrell

Evolution of Gas Cell Targets for Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments at the Sandia National Laboratories PECOS Test Facility

R. R. Paguio, G. E. Smith, J. L. Taylor, K. Tomlinson, R. R. Holt, W. D. Tatum, M. P. Farrell, J. Betcher, A. Harvey-Thompson, M. Geissel, J. Kellogg, K. Peterson

Evolution of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) Targets

J. A. Fooks, L. C. Carlson, P. Fitzsimmons, E. Giraldez, D. N. Kaczala, M. Wei, N. Alexander, M. P. Farrell, J. Betcher, A. Harvey-Thompson, T. Nagayama

Evolution of the Design and Fabrication of Astrophysics Targets for Turbulent Dynamo (TDYNO) Experiments on OMEGA

S. A. Muller, D. N. Kaczala, H. M. Abu-Shawareb, E. L. Alfonso, L. C. Carlson, M. Mauldin, P. Fitzsimmons, D. Lamb, P. Tzeferacos, L. Chen, G. Gregori, A. Rigby, A. Bott, T. G. White, D. Froula, J. Katz

Fabrication of the Metal Particle in Plastic Bead Target for the LLE Ultra-Strong-Spherical Shock Campaign

E. M. Giraldez, M. Vu, M. L. Hoppe, Jr., E. Losbanos, N. Ravelo, A. Greenwood, M. Schoff, M. P. Mauldin, P. Fitzsimmons, M. P. Farrell, W. Theobald

Fabrication, Assembly, and Metrology of the Neutron Imaging Pinhole

John I. Martinez, Derek W. Schmidt, Thomas H. Day, Christopher Wilson, Valerie E. Fatherley

Design and Fabrication of Opacity Targets for the National Ignition Facility

T. Cardenas, D. W. Schmidt, E. S. Dodd, T. S. Perry, D. Capelli, T. Quintana, J. A. Oertel, Dominic Peterson, E. Giraldez, R. F. Heeter

Ion Implantation Doping of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets

S. J. Shin, J. R. I. Lee, T. van Buuren, K. C. Chen, K. A. Moreno, H. Huang, D. E. Hoover, A. Nikroo, A. V. Hamza, S. O. Kucheyev

Machining Specific Fourier Power Spectrum Profiles into Plastics for High Energy Density Physics Experiments

Derek W. Schmidt, Tana Cardenas, Forrest W. Doss, Carlos Di Stefano, Patrick M. Donovan, Frank Fierro, Kirk A. Flippo, John I. Martinez, Alex M. Rasmus

Assembly Station for Automated Membrane Gluing on Gas Targets

O. Vincent-Viry, J. André, A. Chobriat, C. Dauteuil, F. Durut, C. Hermerel, S. Meux, M. Theobald

Development of a Multi-Press Assembly Device for Planar Dynamic Material Property Targets

R. R. Paguio, W. D. Tatum, K. Tomlinson, G. E. Smith, M. P. Farrell, J. L. Taylor, R. R. Holt

Pellet-Injector Technology—Brief History and Key Developments in the Last 25 Years

S. K. Combs, L. R. Baylor

Toroidal Modeling of RWM Feedback in the Presence of Control Voltage Saturation and Sensor Noise

S. Wang, Y. Q. Liu, X. M. Song, G. Y. Zheng, G. L. Xia, L. Li

Feasibility Analysis of 1-D Carbon Material in Application of Negative Particle Beam Diagnostics

Yongjian Xu, Li Zhang, Ling Yu, Yahong Xie, Caichao Jiang, Lizhen Liang, Jianglong Wei, Yuanlai Xie, Chundong Hu

Development of RF Window for 3.7-GHz LHCD System on HL-2A

C. Wang, B. Lu, J. Liang, H. Zeng, X. Y. Bai, Y. L. Chen, M. Huang

Estimation of (n, p) and (n, α) Cross Section of Radionuclide ⁶⁰Co for Fusion Technology Applications

Jyoti Pandey, Bhawna Pandey, H. M. Agrawal, P. V. Subhash, S. Vala, Akhil Sai Aiyyala, Rajnikant Makwana, S. V. Suryanarayana

Deuterium Removal from W-Doped Carbon Films by Thermo-Oxidation

B. W. N. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Davis, A. A. Haasz

Neutronic Study of an Innovative Thorium-Uranium–Based Fusion-Fission Hybrid Energy Reactor with ²³³U Breeding Enhancement by Using Dual-Coolant System

Sicong Xiao, Jing Zhao, Zhiwei Zhou, Yongwei Yang

Thermal Analysis on Various Design Concepts of ITER Divertor Langmuir Probes

L. Chen, W. Zhao, G. Zhong, C. Watts, James P. Gunn, X. Liu, Y. Lian, DLP Team