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Hydrodynamic calculations of shell implosions show a marked dependence on laser wavelength for wavelengths less than 1 μm. The coupling to the dense imploded shell rises from 6% at 1 μm to 33% at 0.1 μm, increasing possible energy multiplication in a pellet from approximately 60 to 400.
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Brueckner et al. (1977) studied this question.
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