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The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) recently completed its thirty-sixth Summer High School Research Program, an eight-week experience that brings Rochester-area rising seniors into the lab for full-time, hands-on research.…

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…

LLE’s Broad Exposure to Science and Technology (BEST) High School Program marked its fifth year this past summer 2025. Designed to provide students and teachers from the Rochester City School…

We love seeing our scientists’ research out in the wild, and today we are pleased to feature the work of LLE scientists Dustin Froula and John Palastro, co-authors of a…