Laura Berzak Hopkins
- Program Years: 2006-2010
- Academic Institution: Princeton University
- Field of Study: Plasma Physics
- Academic Advisor: Robert Kaita
- Practicum(s):
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (2007) - Degree(s):
Ph.D. Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 2010
M.A. Astrophysical Sciences-Program in Plasma Physics, 2006
B.A. Physics, Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 2004
Current Status
- Status: Associate Laboratory DIrector for Strategy & Partnerships and Deputy Chief Research Officer, PPPL
- Research Area: Fusion science and technology, High energy density science, Inertial confinement fusion
Publications
[Selected Publications]L. Berzak Hopkins, et al., "Toward a burning plasma state using diamond ablator inertially confined fusion (ICF) implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)," Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 1 (2018).
L. Berzak Hopkins, et al., "Increasing stagnation pressure and thermonuclear performance of inertial confinement fusion capsules by the introduction of a high-Z dopant," Phys. Plasmas Letters 25, 080706 (2018).
L. Berzak Hopkins, et al. "First High-Convergence Cryogenic Implosion in a Near-Vacuum Hohlraum," Physical Review Letters 114, 2015 (175001).
L. Berzak Hopkins, et al. "Near-vacuum hohlraums for driving fusion implosions with high density carbon ablators," Physics of Plasmas 22, 2015 (056318).
L. Berzak Hopkins, et al. "Plasma equilibrium reconstructions in the lithium tokamak experiment," Nuclear Fusion 52 (2012) 063025.
L. Berzak Hopkins, "The Next Generation of 123 Agreements," Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Nuclear Scholars Initiative Collection of Papers 2011.
L. Berzak, A. D. Jones, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, N. Logan, R. Majeski, J. Menard, and L. Zakharov, "Magnetic diagnostics for equilibrium reconstructions in the presence of nonaxisymmetric eddy current distributions in tokamaks (invited)," Review of Scientific Instruments 81, 10E114 (2010).