Quick Shot

For over 17 years, the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) (CEA) of France has conducted a variety of experiments at the Omega Facility. These experiments have ranged from diagnostic development (such as neutron-imaging systems) to studies of the hohlraum physics. For much of this time, the face of CEA at LLE has been that of Dr. Jean-Luc Bourgade—the most recent point of contact for CEA experiments. By Dr. Bourgade’s estimate, he has spent nearly two years of cumulative time at LLE and has actively participated in many of the 698 target shots directed by CEA as well as hundreds of other target shots in which CEA was a collaborating institution. To mark this occasion, a reception was held at LLE on 7 June 2017, at which Prof. Robert McCrory presented Dr. Bourgade with a memento of his time in Rochester. Dr. Bourgade has a goal to return to Rochester to observe the April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun!