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The chromatic flying focus uses chromatic focusing and chirp to control the focal location and time of each frequency.

LLE Scientists Co-author New Publication in Optica

Attendees of the OLUG 2025 Workshop at LLE.

OLUG 2025 Recap: A Cornerstone of the High-Energy-Density Science Community

Four headshots in a four panel layout showing Stephen Craxton, Emma Garcia, Patrick McKenty, and Yujia Yang.

2024 Nuclear Fusion Journal Award Recognizes Paper Co-authored by LLE Scientists

Photo of Annie Maloney.

Annie Maloney Wins 2025 Stoddard Prize for Best Senior Thesis

Victor Zhang and Will Trickey posing in front of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics branding wall.

LLE Scientists Included in the 2024 Physics of Plasmas Early Career Collection

Petros Tzeferacos.

University of Rochester and LLE Faculty and Collaborator Receive 2025 PECASE Award

IFE STAR logo on dark background of the earth and sky at night with the United States highlighted in purple with white and green dots all over the country connected by sweeping lines.

LLE Launches IFE-STAR Ecosystem, Conference, and Workforce Development Initiatives

LLE’s Cryogenic and Tritium Facility Sets New Record in 2024

Photo portrait of Kaan Aytekin.

Kaan Aytekin Receives APS Outstanding Student Poster Award

An artistic depiction of an accretion disk and an image of a simulation.

OMEGA 60-Beam Laser System Helps Shed Light onto Black Hole Accretion Disks

APS DPP Multipetawatt Physics

“Multi-Petawatt Physics at New and Future Laser User Facilities” at APS-DPP

Two figures from Review of Scientific Instruments by Joseph Katz.

Manuscript on Thomson-Scattering Diagnostics Chosen As Editor’s Pick

Group photo of BEST students and HIgh school students program.

A Summer of Science for Rochester-Area High School Students

Photograph of MTW target chamber in the foreground and researcher in clean room gear in the top left background.

Multi-Terawatt Laser System: A Source of Innovation for Two Decades

Petawatt Laser Systems cover and authors Leon Waxer, Jake Bromage, and Brian Kruschwitz spread across a blue background from left to right.

SPIE Spotlight Shines on Petawatt Laser Systems

Benjamin Webb’s Paper Highlighted in Spotlight on Optics

Photo portrait of Jason Puth.

Jason Puth Takes Helm as Omega Facility Division Director

J. J. Ruby

LLE Alumnus JJ Ruby Supports Houston Astros with Physics and Engineering