Timeline - 1984 - Laboratory for Laser Energetics

LLE Celebrates 10,000th Target Shot
Four years into its productive life, OMEGA reached a milestone with the firing of its 10,000th shot. The long productive lives of the LLE laser systems are ample testimony to the excellence of the LLE engineering staff augmented with strength in depth of the optics industry in the Rochester area.

National Laser Users Facility Program Publication
A paper entitled “Experimental Facility for Nanosecond Time-Resolved Low Angle X-Ray Diffraction Experiments Using a Laser-Produced Plasma Source” by J. M. Forsyth and R. D. Frankel appeared in Review of Scientific Instruments. This project was one of the first to be carried out under the NLUF program.

J. M. Forsyth and R. D. Frankel, “Experimental Facility for Nanosecond Time-Resolved, Low Angle X-Ray Diffraction Experiments Using a Laser-Produced Plasma Source,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 55 (8), 1235–1242 (1984).

A man in a suit smiling and holding up a glass as if to toast while standing in a laboratory environment.

Robert Hutchison celebrates the 10,000th target shot

Contour plot showing stacked line profiles labeled ‘Zero Order’ at the top and ‘First Order (55 Å)’ at the bottom.

Dipalmitoyl lecithin x-ray diffraction

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