Paper [25] proposes a scheme for an experiment (Fig. 12.8), which focuses the beam of ten identical conical laser modules on a target using elliptical mirrors to initiate a thermonuclear reaction. Each conical module is separated from the vacuum light guide by a quartz plate. The axes of the all laser modules and light guides are arranged on two conical surfaces whose axes are aligned and pass through the source of the y-radiation and target. The tops of the conical surfaces coincide with the source of the y-radiation and target. Due to the identical geometry of the arrangement of all the schematic elements, radiation from the conical amplifiers falls on the target simultaneously.

Thus, the use of the most powerful energy sources—nuclear explosive devices for gas-laser pumping would solve one of the main problems of the ICF: to determine the energy level that laser drivers need to reach one or another target gain.