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Office of Naval Research Achieves Milestone

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ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 7, 2011 — Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico have achieved a breakthrough with the Office of Naval Research's Free Electron Laser (FEL) program, demonstrating an injector capable of producing the electrons needed to generate megawatt-class laser beams for the Navy's next-generation weapon system. "The injector performed as we predicted all along," said Dr. Dinh Nguyen, senior project leader for the FEL program at the lab. "But until now, we didn't have the evidence to support our models. We were so happy to see our design, fabrication and testing efforts finally come to fruition....Read full article

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    Published: February 2011
    14-kilowatt prototypeAmericasBusinessdefenseDr. Dinh NguyenFEL weapon systemfree electron laserhigh-energy electronsInnovative Naval Prototypeintense emission of laser lightlaser ship defenseLos Alamos National Labmegawatt-class laser beamsQuentin SaulterUS Office of Naval ResearchVirginiaLasers

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