Visitors


Visitors Guide
More information about the
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
is available in our visitor's guide:
A Unique National Resource
(.pdf, 4.63 MB)
ICF book
More information about inertial fusion research is available in the
LLE publication
Inertial Confinement Fusion:
An Introduction (.pdf, 28.7 MB)

The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) of the University of Rochester is a unique national resource for research and education in science and technology. The Rochester area has a history of innovation and provides a unique setting for LLE within a technologically sophisticated community. Established in 1970 as a center for the investigation of the interaction of intense radiation with matter, the Laboratory has the five-fold mission:

  1. To conduct implosion experiments and basic physics experiments in support of the National Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program.
  2. To develop new laser and materials technologies.
  3. To provide graduate and undergraduate education in electro-optics, high-power lasers, high-energy-density physics, plasma physics,
    and nuclear fusion technology.
  4. To operate the National Laser Users' Facility.
  5. To conduct research and development in advanced technology related to high-energy-density phenomena.