The effect of a nonuniform laser beam on the ablative acceleration of thin foils is investigated by using the fast2d laser-shell simulation code. The results show that laser nonuniformities with scale lengths greater than the distance from the ablation surface to the critical surface would have a severe impact on drive pressure symmetry and hence on pellet gain.
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