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Announcing Plenary Speakers for the 2025 LaserNetUS Meeting
The stellar lineup of plenary speakers for the 2025 LaserNetUS Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, July 8-10, 2025, features prominent thought leaders in plasma physics.
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Short-Pulse Lasers Making a Flash in the Food and Beverage Industry
Short-pulse lasers are a sophisticated technology with many potential applications in the food and beverage industry. Here’s how they can be used!
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LaserNetUS Kicks Off Network-Wide Technical Exchange Program
LaserNetUS begins the first facility visit in its new Technical Exchange Program.
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Dr. Franziska Treffert Shares Her LaserNetUS Journey in Newly Re-Recorded Talk
Dr. Franziska Treffert shares her personal story, noting LaserNetUS's impact on her professional development as a scientist and leader in this re-recorded talk from the LaserNetUS 2024 Meeting.
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LaserNetUS Hosts Mini-Symposium at APS Joint March and April Meeting
LaserNetUS is hosting a mini-symposium "Beam Science with LaserNetUS & Other User Facilities" at the APS Global Physics Summit on March 19, 2025.
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First Student Ambassadors Announced by LaserNetUS
LaserNetUS has selected PhD students Elias Catrix and Griffin Glenn as its first-ever Student Ambassadors.
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Intro to Laser Scientist Jobs–What Can You Do with a PhD in Laser Science?
Laser scientist jobs are numerous and diverse. Let’s see what kind of job a person with a PhD in laser science could pursue.
Past Events
LaserNetUS Town Hall for Cycle 7
Join the LaserNetUS Town Hall for Cycle 7 on November 14, 2024, to learn about submitting research proposals for the upcoming cycle, facility updates, and proposal tips. Engage with LaserNetUS leadership and explore new opportunities in high-power laser science. Registration is free.
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LaserNetUS Open Office Hours Wednesdays for Cycle 7 Call for Proposals
LaserNetUS is hosting free, weekly virtual office hours via Zoom each Wednesday, 10-11 AM Pacific Time, through November 27, 2024. Join us with your questions for Cycle 7 Proposal Submissions!
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Toward direct spatial and intensity characterization of ultra-high-intensity laser pulses using ponderomotive scattering of free electrons
A. Longman, S. Ravichandran, L. Manzo, C. Z. He, R. Lera, N. McLane, M. Huault, G. Tiscareno, D. Hanggi, P. Spingola, N. Czapla, R. L. Daskalova, L. Roso, R. Fedosejevs, W. T. Hill, III
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Study of a magnetically driven reconnection platform using ultrafast proton radiography
Abraham Chien, Lan Gao, Hantao Ji, Xiaoxia Yuan, Eric G. Blackman, Hui Chen, Philip C. Efthimion, Gennady Fiksel, Dustin H. Froula, Kenneth W. Hill, Kai Huang, Quanming Lu, John D. Moody, Philip M. Nilson
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Streaked sub-ps-resolution x-ray line shapes and implications for solid-density plasma dynamics (invited)
B. F. Kraus, Lan Gao, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. C. Efthimion, R. Hollinger, Shoujun Wang, Huanyu Song, R. Nedbailo, J. J. Rocca, R. C. Mancini, C. B. Beatty, M. J. MacDonald, R. Shepherd
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Referenceless, grating-based, single shot X-ray phase contrast imaging with optimized laser-driven K-α sources
V. Bouffetier, G. Pérez-Callejo, D. Stutman, C. Stoeckl, I. A. Begishev, W. Theobald, T. Filkins, C. Mileham, L. Ceurvorst, S. R. Klein, T. Goudal, A. Casner, and M. P. Valdivia
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Pulse width dependence of magnetic field generation using laser-powered capacitor coils
Abraham Chien, Lan Gao, Shu Zhang, Hantao Ji, Eric Blackman, Hui Chen, Gennady Fiksel, Kenneth Hill, Philip Nilson
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Phase front retrieval and correction of Bessel beams
B. Miao, L. Feder, J. E. Shrock, and H. M. Milchberg
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Observation of laser ablation of silicon as a function of pulse length at constant fluence via time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy
T. R. Joshi, M. Bailly-Grandvaux, R. E. Turner, R. B. Spielman, J. E. Garay, F. N. Beg
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Meter-scale plasma waveguides for multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration
J. E. Shrock; B. Miao; L. Feder; H. M. Milchberg
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High Power Commissioning of BELLA iP2 up to 17J
L. Obst-Huebl, K. Nakamura, S. Hakimi, J. T. De Chant, A. Jewell, B. Stassel, A. M. Snijders, A. J. Gonsalves, J. van Tilborg, Z. Eisentraut, Z. Harvey, L. Willingale, Cs. Toth, C. B. Schroeder, C. G. R. Geddes, E. Esarey
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Femtosecond multimodal imaging with a laser-driven X-ray source
Adam Doherty, Sylvain Fourmaux, Alberto Astolfo, Ralf Ziesche, Jonathan Wood, Oliver Finlay, Wiebe Stolp, Darren Batey, Ingo Manke, François Légaré, Matthieu Boone, Dan Symes, Zulfikar Najmudin, Marco Endrizzi, Alessandro Olivo & Silvia Cipiccia
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Design Optimization of Permanent-Magnet Based Compact Transport Systems for Laser-Driven Proton Beams
Jared T. De Chant, Kei Nakamura, Qing Ji, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, Samuel K. Barber, Antoine M. Snijders, Thomas Schenkel, Jeroen van Tilborg, Cameron G.R. Geddes, Carl B. Schroeder, and Eric Esarey
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Benchmarking of hydrodynamic plasma waveguides for multi-GeV laser-driven electron acceleration
B. Miao, E. Rockafellow, J. E. Shrock, S. W. Hancock, D. Gordon, and H. M. Milchberg
Past Events
LaserNetUS Proposal Writing Workshop for Cycle 7
Join the LaserNetUS Proposal Writing Workshop on October 23, 2024, to learn best practices, explore new proposal submission features, and prepare for the Cycle 7 application process.
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LaserNetUS Cycle 7 Opens with Enhanced Features and Migration to the Universal Proposal System (UPS)
Prepare and submit your proposal before Dec. 16, 2024 by 4 PM PT.