Publications

NSF OPAL is a proposed future user facility at LLE that is intended to enable scientists to create and study matter under extreme conditions [1]. To study these conditions, NSF…

A future NSF OPAL laser user facility will require extremely large all-reflective optics estimated to weigh up to 1000 pounds using traditional solid substrates. Large beams are required to prevent…

  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…

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…

Dear Reader, This summer, I joined the Fusion Student Delegation (FuSD) to better understand fusion energy policy and the systems that shape its development. My background is technical—my research focuses…

IFE-SURE Undergraduates Connect In Nation’s Capitol The Inertial Fusion Energy Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IFE-SURE) is a new Department of Energy (DOE)-funded workforce development initiative launched by the IFE Science…

Currently under design, the U.S. National Science Foundation Optical Parametric Amplifier Line (NSF OPAL) laser facility will be the world’s most powerful laser system to explore the frontiers of science—unlocking…

Annual Workshop Strengthens Collaboration This past May, LLE hosted the sixteenth Omega Laser Facility Users Group (OLUG) Workshop, which brought together over 140 participants from 38 institutions worldwide, with 110…

When Dayne Fratanduono was a graduate student at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, he spent long hours at the Omega Laser Facility gaining invaluable hands-on experience in the challenging work…

Since its founding in 1970, LLE has been at the forefront of cutting-edge research, education, and technological innovation in the field of laser science. Over the years, LLE scientists, engineers,…

The achievement of ignition in a laboratory setting has renewed interest in defining the requirements for a future high-gain inertial confinement fusion (ICF) facility. Current ignition experiments rely on an…