Original manuscripts are sought to the special issue on “Advanced Direct Drive Laser Driven Fusion Research and Technology” of High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLSE).

The goal of this article collection is to present the newest achievements in the Advanced Direct Drive Laser Fusion Campaigns in recent years worldwide.

The scope of this special issue is to highlight the cutting-edge developments on Advanced Direct Drive Laser Fusion Facilities, Advanced Direct Drive Laser Technology, and Advanced Direct Drive Laser Fusion Physics Research.

The topics to be addressed here are, but not limited to:

• Advanced Direct Drive facility performance upgrading
• Advanced Direct Drive laser physics experiments
• Advanced Direct Drive laser technology developments
• Advanced Direct Drive laser fusion diagnostic technologies
• Advanced Direct Drive laser manipulation techniques

 

Guest Editors:

Dimitri Batani, University of Bordeaux, France

Sebastien Le Pape, LULI, France

Jianqiang Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China

Ping Zhu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China

 

Submission deadline: 30 November, 2025

 

Manuscripts should be submitted via the online submission system at: http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/clp-hpl. Please select “Special Issue on Advanced Direct Drive Laser Driven Fusion Research and Technology” from the drop-down menu under “Manuscript Type” when submitting manuscript.

HPLSE is an open access journal co-published by Chinese Laser Press and Cambridge University Press. It seeks to uncover the underlying science and engineering in the fields of high energy density physics, high power lasers, advanced laser technology and applications, and laser components. Articles in HPLSE are freely available to all readers worldwide via journals.cambridge.org/hpl & researching.cn/hpl.