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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Edward Teller Medal
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) for pioneering work in the fields of picosecond laser-plasma interactions, advanced diagnostics, x-ray driven ICF implosions and time-dependent hohlraum symmetry control.

Overview

Otto Landen is affiliated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States and specializes in research at the intersection of physics and engineering. Their work primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with a particular focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Radiation.

The primary research topics Landen explores include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Nuclear Physics and Applications, and Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions.

Landen's publication record includes contributions to several frequently appearing scholarly venues such as Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, High Energy Density Physics, and Review of Scientific Instruments. These journals represent their engagement with cutting-edge research in plasma physics, high energy density environments, and related instrumentation.

Some of Landen's recent papers include:

  • Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion, 2022, Nature
  • Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime, 2022, Nature Physics
  • Experimental achievement and signatures of ignition at the National Ignition Facility, 2022, Physical Review E
  • Design of an inertial fusion experiment exceeding the Lawson criterion for ignition, 2022, Physical Review E
  • Record Energetics for an Inertial Fusion Implosion at NIF, 2021, Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include D. T. Casey, L. Divol, A. L. Kritcher, C. R. Weber, and K. L. Baker, reflecting collaborations with several researchers contributing significantly to topics related to inertial fusion and plasma physics.

Best Publications

  • The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility

    John D. Lindl;Peter Amendt;Richard L. Berger;S. Gail Glendinning

  • Review of the National Ignition Campaign 2009-2012

    John Lindl;Otto Landen;John Edwards;Ed Moses

  • Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

    S. W. Haan;J. D. Lindl;D. A. Callahan;D. S. Clark

  • Erratum: “Review of the National Ignition Campaign 2009-2012” [Phys. Plasmas 21, 020501 (2014)]

    J. D. Lindl;O. L. Landen;J. Edwards;E. I. Moses

  • Observations of plasmons in warm dense matter.

    S. H. Glenzer;O. L. Landen;P. Neumayer;R. W. Lee

  • Symmetric inertial confinement fusion implosions at ultra-high laser energies.

    S. H. Glenzer;B. J. MacGowan;P. Michel;N. B. Meezan

  • Demonstration of spectrally resolved x-ray scattering in dense plasmas.

    S. H. Glenzer;G. Gregori;R. W. Lee;F. J. Rogers

  • Measuring E and B fields in laser-produced plasmas with monoenergetic proton radiography.

    C. K. Li;F. H. Séguin;J. A. Frenje;J. R. Rygg

  • High-energy Kα radiography using high-intensity, short-pulse lasersa)

    H.-S. Park;D. M. Chambers;H.-K. Chung;R. J. Clarke

  • Theoretical model of x-ray scattering as a dense matter probe.

    G. Gregori;S. H. Glenzer;W. Rozmus;R. W. Lee

  • Onset of hydrodynamic mix in high-velocity, highly compressed inertial confinement fusion implosions.

    T. Ma;P. K. Patel;N. Izumi;P. T. Springer

  • Dante soft x-ray power diagnostic for National Ignition Facility

    E. L. Dewald;K. M. Campbell;R. E. Turner;J. P. Holder

  • Ultrafast X-ray Thomson Scattering of Shock-Compressed Matter

    Andrea L. Kritcher;Andrea L. Kritcher;Paul Neumayer;John Castor;Tilo Döppner

  • Linac coherent light source (LCLS) conceptual design report

    J. Arthur;W. Graves;M. Renner;J. Rosenzweig

  • Finite temperature dense matter studies on next-generation light sources

    Richard W. Lee;Stephen J. Moon;Hyun-Kyung Chung;Wojciech Rozmus

  • Observation of megagauss-field topology changes due to magnetic reconnection in laser-produced plasmas.

    C. K. Li;F. H. Séguin;J. A. Frenje;J. R. Rygg

  • Three-dimensional simulations of Nova high growth factor capsule implosion experiments

    M. M. Marinak;R. E. Tipton;O. L. Landen;T. J. Murphy

  • X-ray Thomson-scattering measurements of density and temperature in shock-compressed beryllium.

    H. J. Lee;P. Neumayer;J. Castor;T. Döppner

  • Probing warm dense lithium by inelastic X-ray scattering

    E. García Saiz;G. Gregori;G. Gregori;D. O. Gericke;J. Vorberger

  • 2D X-Ray Radiography of Imploding Capsules at the National Ignition Facility

    J. R. Rygg;O. S. Jones;J. E. Field;M. A. Barrios

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Glenzer
Siegfried Glenzer Stanford University
S. W. Haan
S. W. Haan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
B. J. MacGowan
B. J. MacGowan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A. J. Mackinnon
A. J. Mackinnon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peter M. Celliers
Peter M. Celliers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
P. K. Patel
P. K. Patel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
D. D. Meyerhofer
D. D. Meyerhofer Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. P. Knauer
J. P. Knauer University of Rochester

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