Experimental and theoretical work on laser interaction and laser-driven implosion carried out at Limeil

The investigations, undertaken at the Centre d'etudes de Limeil, deal with the interaction of laser radiation with matter as dependent on wavelength, intensity and nature of target, on the one hand, and the implosion of matter induced by laser beams, on the other. In the course of this work, powerful neodymium glass lasers (in cooperation with the Marcoussis laboratory) and high-resolution diagnostics and numerical simulation codes were developed. (author)