Checking in From NIF — Laser-Driven Fusion — With Jean-Michel Di Nicola (3/21/2023)

Three-and-a-half months after December 2022's breakthrough experimental result that yielded fusion ignition, Jean-Michel Di Nicola, chief engineer of laser systems at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and acting program co-director for laser science and system engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides an update on sustained progress in fusion science. Di Nicola takes listeners inside NIF, and he offers his insights on next steps in big science. "All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.