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UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment Places Order for Optical Surfaces Lenses

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KENLEY, England, Oct. 1, 2018 — Optical component and systems developer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from the U.K. Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for 12 ultrafast focusing, 370-mm diameter aspheric lenses for its Orion petawatt laser research facility. The work of AWE spans the life cycle of nuclear warheads, from concept and design to decommissioning and disposal. The Orion laser facility is used to conduct research into high energy density physics phenomena, which occur at the heart of a nuclear explosion and the interior of a star. Orion is used to generate matter many times denser than solid,...Read full article

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    Published: October 2018
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