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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 10, Issue 1, 017403(2025)

Two-plasmon-decay instability stimulated by dual laser beams in inertial confinement fusion

C.-W. Lian1、*, Y. Ji1, R. Yan1,2, J. Li3, L.-F. Wang4, Y.-K. Ding4, and J. Zheng2,3
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  • 1Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 4Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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    Received: Aug. 28, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2025

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    DOI:10.1063/5.0235643

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