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    "abstract": "Propagation of intense laser beams is crucial for inertial confinement\nfusion, which requires precise beam control to achieve the compression and\nheating necessary to ignite the fusion reaction. The National Ignition Facility\n(NIF), where fusion will be attempted, is now under construction. Control of\nintense beam propagation may be ruined by laser beam self-focusing. We have\nidentified the maximum laser beam power that can propagate through fusion\nplasma without significant self-focusing and have found excellent agreement\nwith recent experimental data, and suggest a way to increase that maximum by\nappropriate choice of plasma composition with implication for NIF designs. Our\ntheory also leads to the prediction of anti-correlation between beam spray and\nbackscatter and suggests the indirect control of backscatter through\nmanipulation of plasma ionization state or acoustic damping.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0512271",
    "authors": [
      "Pavel M. Lushnikov",
      "Harvey A. Rose"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.plasm-ph",
      "nlin.CD",
      "nlin.PS",
      "physics.optics"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/0741-3335/48/10/004",
    "journal_ref": "Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, v. 48, pp. 1501-1513 (2006)",
    "title": "How much laser power can propagate through fusion plasma?",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512271"
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