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Research Project Will Revamp Fusion Analysis Method
DRESDEN, Germany, March 25, 2024 — A research project undertaken by the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) aims to overhaul an analytical tool used to evaluate laser fusion. The work is being funded by the European Union via the Just Transition Fund and by the Free State of Saxony. Scientists on the “X-ray laser optimization of laser fusion” project (Röntgenlaser-Optimierung der Laserfusion, ROLF), led by Tobias Dornheim of CASUS, are to develop= machine learning...
Lawrence Livermore Taps High-Power Lasers to Advance Muon Imaging
LIVERMORE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2023 — Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) are leading an initiative that will use high-power lasers to accelerate the time needed to capture muon images. Muons are naturally occurring subatomic...
NIF Scientists Claim Repeat Fusion Breakthrough
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 — Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have reportedly advanced last December’s laser fusion breakthrough result. For the second time, scientists obtained more energy from a fusion...
Nuclear Fusion Drives Laser Development
Apr 3, 2023 — It is a rare event when a successful experiment in basic research makes it to the evening news. In December 2022, the U.S. secretary of energy announced a breakthrough in laser-based nuclear fusion. The news was covered in all major media around the...
LLNL’s Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Offers Step to Clean Energy
LIVERMORE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2022 — Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have made a significant breakthrough in ongoing nuclear fusion research. The scientists created a fusion reaction that produced more energy than...
LLNL Experiment Reaches Threshold of Nuclear Fusion Ignition
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2021 — An experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) has triggered ignition for the first time. Ignition is the process that amplifies energy output from nuclear fusion and that could provide an avenue...
Aspheric Optics for Nuclear Research
Aug 30, 2019 — Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part feature on optics for nuclear research. Part 1 appeared in the September issue and looked at high-power laser facilities and the critical role of aspheric optics in these demanding conditions. Part 2...
Aspheric Optics for Nuclear Research
Aug 5, 2019 — Nuclear research laser facilities around the world increasingly use powerful, amplified, ultrashort-duration pulses of coherent light to deliver massive energy densities at a given target. The synchronized delivery of such high-power pulses...
National Ignition Facility Sets New Laser Energy Record
LIVERMORE, Calif., July 10, 2018 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser system has set a new record, firing 2.15 MJ of energy to its target chamber. This is a 15 percent improvement over NIF’s design specification of 1.8...
Photonics Education: Where is Everybody?
Sep 14, 2015 — John-Kevin Frazee put himself through community college while working for minimum wage at a grocery store. After graduating in 2011, he took jobs growing laser crystals and processing LED wafers. By age 23, he'd earned enough to buy a house. "With...
After Fusion Failure, NIF Shifts Priorities
LIVERMORE, Calif., May 6, 2013 — Having failed to achieve fusion by its target date, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is shifting its priorities and has replaced longtime director Dr. Edward Moses, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Parney Albright announced last...
Simulations Uncover Obstacle to Harnessing Laser-driven Fusion
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, 2013 — A once-promising approach for using next-generation, ultra-intense lasers to help deliver commercially viable fusion energy has been brought into serious question by new experimental results and first-of-a-kind simulations of laser-plasma...
NIF’s 500-TW Laser Shot Sets Record
LIVERMORE, Calif., July 17, 2012 — The National Ignition Facility’s 192-beam laser system delivered a record-breaking 500 TW of peak power and 1.85 MJ of ultraviolet laser light to its target, validating laser performance specifications set at the facility in the late 1990s.
NIF Fires Record-Setting Laser Shot
LIVERMORE, Calif., March 22, 2012 — The 192 lasers fired in unison at the National Ignition Facility this week delivered a record 1.875 million joules of ultraviolet laser light to its target chamber, exceeding NIF’s original design specification and setting the stage for...
1st Successful Ignition Experiment at NIF
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2010 — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently completed its first integrated ignition experiment. In the test, the 192-beam laser...
Legends Revisit Laser’s Birth
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2010 — During the Laserfest History Symposium Sunday at CLEO/QELS 2010, 50 years to the day since the laser was first demonstrated, several key figures from its early days reminisced about the introduction of the technology that changed the world. The...
Photonics West 2010 Sets Records
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2010 — SPIE Photonics West completed its debut at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week with the final attendance count at 18,327, a record for the event. The new venue was a hit with attendees, and provided welcome room for growth. Both the...
Moses Fired Up Over NIF Start
Jun 4, 2009 — In 2012, according to fans of fringe "science," the world as we know it will come to an end - apparently because the Mayans failed to develop the perpetual calendar. By then, however, we just might have solved many of the deepest mysteries of the...
Moses Fired Up Over NIF Start
BALTIMORE, Md., June 3, 2009 -- In 2012, according to fans of fringe "science," the world as we know it will come to an end - apparently because the Mayans failed to develop the perpetual calendar. By then, however, we just might have solved many of the deepest mysteries of the...
CLEO/IQEC to Feature Strong Market Focus
BALTIMORE, April 22, 2009 – More than 1200 technical presentations, 39 short courses, seven symposia, more than 100 prominent invited speakers, the PhAST Market Focus, a job fair and career workshop and 350 companies exhibiting at PhotonXpo are among the highlights of the...
NIF Foes Fear Finished Laser
WASHINGTON, DC, April 2, 2009 – The Department of Energy (DoE) announced the completion of what they are calling the world’s largest laser and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has certified its completion, but that doesn't mean everyone is happy about it....
Schwarzenegger Touts Energy Innovations During Superlaser Tour
Nov 12, 2008 — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday advanced laser technology "has the potential to revolutionize our energy future." His remarks were made as he toured the stadium-sized National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore...
Gooch & Housego Receives Award From LLNL
Feb 5, 2008 — Optic and photonic products manufacturer Gooch and Housego announced today it has received a vendor appreciation award from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, Calif., in recognition of the high quality of its crystal...
Hiper Enters Prep Phase
OXFORDSHIRE, England, June 12, 2007 -- The proposed European High Power Laser Energy Research (Hiper) facility -- a device intended to demonstrate the feasibility of laser-driven fusion as an energy source -- is entering the preparation phase after completion of a two-year study by an...
Scientists Criticize NIF
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2007 -- The National Ignition Facility is one of three major components of the Stockpile Stewardship Program at the Department of Energy that are all seriously over budget and behind schedule, according to a report issued last week by the Federation of...
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