  Inertial Confinement Fusion is a promising option to provide massive, clean,
and affordable energy for mankind in the future. The present status of research
and development is hindered by hydrodynamical instabilities occurring at the
intense compression of the target fuel by energetic laser beams.
  A recent patent combines advances in two fields: detonations in relativistic
fluid dynamics and radiative energy deposition by plasmonic nano-shells.
  The compression of the target pellet can be moderate and rapid volume
ignition is achieved by a laser pulse, which is as short as the penetration
time of the light across the pellet. The reflectivity of the target can be made
negligible, and the absorptivity can be increased by one or two orders of
magnitude by plasmonic nano-shells embedded in the target fuel. Thus, higher
ignition temperature can be achieved with modest compression. The short light
pulse can heat the target so that most of the interior will reach the ignition
temperature simultaneously. This makes the development of any kind of
instability impossible, which would prevent complete ignition of the target.
