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A Next-Generation Broadband Laser for Direct-Drive Fusion Experiments A New Laser Concept to Mitigate Laser–Plasma Instabilities Achieving fusion in the laboratory has proven a grand challenge of science. At its…

A newly published report on a DOE-sponsored Basic Research Needs Workshop on Measurement Innovation—led by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) Luis Delgado-Aparicio and LLE’s Sean Regan, with guidance from Curt…

Over the last several years, scientists and engineers at LLE have been developing the BHx streak tube, a cutting-edge instrument designed to capture changes in light on a trillionth-of-a-second timescale.…

  Congratulations to LLE graduate student and Horton Fellow Ioannis Pagiazitis and coauthors Nathaniel Shaffer and Suxing Hu, whose paper “Path Integral Molecular Dynamics: A High-Fidelity Approach to Quantum Dynamics…

Scientific discovery thrives when expertise and resources come together. At the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), collaboration is not just a practice—it is the foundation for advancing…

  On October 28, 2025, the Omega Laser Facility, operated at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), surpassed 50,000 target shots. The facility houses the largest lasers…

Antonino Di Piazza, Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester and distinguished scientist at LLE, is part of an international collaboration that has been awarded a prestigious €14M European…

LLE is pleased to announce that Danae Polsin, LLE Staff Scientist and URochester Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received the American Physical Society’s 2026 Neil Ashcroft Early Career Award…

Congratulations to David Alex Chin, who was recently selected by the American Physical Society (APS) as the winner of the 2026 GCCM (Topical Group on Compression of Condensed Matter) Student…

From Student Research to Global Impact This year marks the fortieth anniversary of chirped-pulse amplification (CPA), a groundbreaking laser technology first developed at LLE in the 1980s. Invented by then-graduate…

We are pleased to announce that LLE Scientist David Turnbull was recently selected by the Council of Representatives of the American Physical Society (APS) to become an APS Fellow. This…

Launched in January 2023, LLE’s Undergraduate Education Program was created to address the critical need for workforce development highlighted by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and many other government…