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2023 LaserNetUS Users' Meeting

June 27-29, 2023 in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.

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New U.S. Fusion Website

The U.S. Fusion Energy website was launched by The U.S. Fusion Outreach Team and produced in collaboration with a committee of fusion stakeholders.

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From Qubits to Potential Cancer Treatments: Laser Upgrade Opens New Research Possibilities

A new addition to the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center means researchers can explore extreme plasmas, radiation biology, materials for quantum computers, and beyond.

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About LaserNetUS

LaserNetUS is a scientific ecosystem established by the U.S. Department of Energy to advance and promote Intense Ultrafast Laser Science and applications

Advancing the frontiers of laser-science research
Providing students and scientists with broad access to unique facilities
Fostering collaboration among researchers and networks from around the world

facilities

experiments performed

1254

members

Facilities

Meet our Facilities

With 10 high-intensity laser facilities at universities and other institutions across North America, LaserNetUS serves scientists in various regions.

Colorado State University blue glow

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) blue glow

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory blue glow

University of Texas at Austin blue glow

University of Nebraska - Lincoln blue glow

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory blue glow

University of Rochester blue glow

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory blue glow

Ohio State University blue glow

University of Central Florida blue glow

Advanced Beam Laboratory

Colorado State University

Advanced Beam Laboratory

Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS)

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)

Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS)

Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center

Center for High Energy Density Science

University of Texas at Austin

Center for High Energy Density Science

Extreme Light Laboratory

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Extreme Light Laboratory

Jupiter Laser Facility

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jupiter Laser Facility

Laboratory for Laser Energetics: OMEGA EP

University of Rochester

Laboratory for Laser Energetics: OMEGA EP

Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC)

Scarlet Laser Facility

Ohio State University

Scarlet Laser Facility

Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology (iFAST)

University of Central Florida

Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology (iFAST)

Mission

Making an impact

LaserNetUS is a consortium of high power laser facilities around the U.S. that have been funded by DOE FES to dedicate a fraction of their operational time to supporting user experiments awarded through LaserNetUS.

Science and Technolgy

Advancing the frontiers of laser-science research

Access and Workforce

Providing students and scientists with broad access to unique facilities and enabling technologies

Networking and Collaboration

Fostering collaboration among researchers and networks from around the world

Enabling the Private Sector

To create a better and brighter world through innovation and use of intense lasers

News, Events & Publications

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Feb 6, 2023 Past Events

NLUF Call for Proposals for Experiments in FY2024-2025

LLE is accepting proposals for experiments in the National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF) program on the Omega Laser Facility until Feb. 6, 2023 at 11:59:59 PM EST.

Jan 16, 2023 Publications

Non-thermal electron acceleration from magnetically driven reconnection in a laboratory plasma

A. Chien, L Gao, S. Zhang, H. Ji, E. G. Blackman, W. Daughton, A. Stanier, A. Le, F. Guo, R. Follett, H. Chen, G. Fiksel, G. Bleotu, R. C. Cauble, S. N. Chen, A. Fazzini, K. Flippo, O. French, D. H. Froula, J. Fuchs, S. Fujioka, K. Hill, S. Klein, C. Kuranz, P. Nilson, A. Rasmus, and R. Takizawa. Nat. Phys. (2023).

Dec 28, 2022 Publications

A Flexible Proton Beam Imaging Energy Spectrometer (PROBIES) for High Repetition Rate or Single-Shot High Eenergy Density (HED) experiments

D. A. Mariscal, B. Z. Djordjević, R. Anirudh, T. Bremer, P. C. Campbell, S. Feister, E. Folsom, E. S. Grace, R. Hollinger, S. A. Jacobs, B. Kailkhura, D. Kalantar, A. J. Kemp, J. Kim, E. Kur, S. Liu, J. Ludwig, J. Morrison, R. Nedbailo, N. Ose, J. Park, J. J. Rocca, G. G. Scott, R. A. Simpson, H. Song, B. Spears, B. Sullivan, K. K. Swanson, J. Thiagarajan, S. Wang, G. J. Williams, S. C. Wilks, M. Wyatt, B. Van Essen, R. Zacharias, G. Zeraouli, J. Zhang, and T. Ma. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 94, 023507 (2023).

Dec 19, 2022 Past Events

7th Workshop on the Magnetic Fields in High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (LaB)

Dec 19-21, 2022 | Paris and Palaiseau, France | Hybrid Workshop

Dec 2, 2022 Publications

Ablating Ion Velocity Distributions in Short-Pulse-Heated Solids via X-Ray Doppler Shifts

B. F. Kraus, Lan Gao, W. Fox, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. C. Efthimion, A. Moreau, R. Hollinger, Shoujun Wang, Huanyu Song, and J. J. Rocca. Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 235001 (2022).

Nov 15, 2022 Past Events