Fig. 1. Advances in pulsed power illustrated with the machines at Sandia National Laboratory (SNL).

Fig. 2. Progress in the radiation per pulse achievable with Z or NIF from 2012 to 2017. A future fusion facility would produce substantial radiation in the difficult region around ∼60 keV.

Fig. 3. Initial state of Z-pinches that are subjects at the DZP conference.

Fig. 4. (a) An idealized Z-pinch in early modeling. (b) On a microscale, the plasma is made up of electrons and different kinds of ions that interact with photons.

Fig. 5. Gorgon simulation of an 8-wire Z-pinch,¹⁹ performed with an older version than that presented at the conference.¹⁸

Fig. 6. A temperature-sensitive line ratio in Ne computed at the NLTE workshop.²³

Fig. 7. Densitograms of the same Al wire plasma obtained with two laser wavelengths, and one corresponding interferogram. Reprinted with permission from Ivanov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 165002 (2011). Copyright 2011 American Physical Society.²⁹

Fig. 8. Three fateful pulsed power generators: (a) Aurora; (b) Decade-Quad in its Z-pinch configuration; (c) the Decade module that survives as Charger-1. For a scale, identify the stairs in (a) and (b).

Fig. 9. Neutron yields per centimeter in D₂ pinches: achieved and extrapolated. After Ref. 3.

Fig. 10. Triple-product fusion parameter nTτ for different fusion devices.