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Laser Inertial Fusion Energy: How to Make Star Power

Laser inertial fusion energy may be the key to finding the ultimate sustainable power source. Here’s the role that lasers play in making this star power.

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History of Lasers 1960 - Today's Innovations

The history of lasers is as long as it is exciting. From the early 1900s to the sub-molecular manipulation of matter, here’s a brief timeline of lasers.

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2023 LaserNetUS Users' Meeting

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

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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.

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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).

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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).

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

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

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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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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).

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LaserNetUS Virtual Town Hall for Cycle 5

Nov 15, 2022 | 10:00 am - noon PST

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Ultra-compact x-ray spectrometer for high-repetition-rate laser–plasma experiments

G. Zeraouli, D. Mariscal, E. Grace, G. G. Scott, K. K. Swanson, R. Simpson, B. Z. Djordjevic, R. Nedbailo, H. Song, J. Morrison, J. Park, R. Hollinger, S. Wang, J. J. Rocca, and T. Ma. Rev. of Sci. Instrum. 93, 113508 (2022).

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Applications of machine learning to a compact magnetic spectrometer for high repetition rate, laser-driven particle acceleration

K. K. Swanson, D. A. Mariscal, B. Z. Djordjevic, G. Zeraouli, G. G. Scott, R. Hollinger, S. Wang, H. Song, B. Sullivan, R. Nedbailo, J. J. Rocca, and T. Ma Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 103547 (2022).

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LaserNetUS i-USE committee launches proposal writing office hours

Starting Oct. 28, 2022, Prof. Scott Feister will host office hours on Fridays from 10 - noon Pacific to answer any questions you have about preparing a proposal for Cycle 5.

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2nd Webinar on “How to Write a Successful LaserNetUS Proposal”

Oct. 26, 2022 | 10:00 am - noon PDT

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Investigation of Proton Beam-Driven Fusion Reactions Generated by an Ultra-Short Petawatt-Scale Laser Pulse

M. S. Schollmeier, V. Shirvanyan, C. Capper, S. Steinke, A. Higginson, R. Hollinger, J. T. Morrison, R. Nedbailo, Huanyu Song, Shoujun Wang, J. J. Rocca, and G. Korn. Laser Part, 2022, 2404263, (2022).

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Faculty position job openings targeting LaserNetUS research areas (2022/2023)

Check back for additional faculty job postings.

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Milestone-based Fusion Development Program (DE-FOA-0002809)

This FOA invites applications for a new milestone-based fusion development program, a key component of the bold decadal vision to accelerate fusion energy RD&D with the private sector.

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Homogeneous, Micron-Scale High-Energy-Density Matter Generated by Relativistic Laser-Solid Interactions

N. F. Beier, H. Allison, P. Efthimion, K. A. Flippo, L. Gao, S. B. Hansen, K. Hill, R. Hollinger, M. Logantha, Y. Musthafa, R. Nedbailo, V. Senthilkumaran, R. Shepherd, V. N. Shlyaptsev, H. Song, S. Wang, F. Dollar, J. J. Rocca, and A. E. Hussein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 135001 (2022)

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Multi-GeV Electron Bunches from an All-Optical Laser Wakefield Accelerator

B. Miao, J. E. Shrock, L. Feder, R. C. Hollinger, J. Morrison, R. Nedbailo , A. Picksley , H. Song, S. Wang, J. J. Rocca, and H. M. Milchberg. Phys. Rev. X 12, 031038 (2022).

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2022 LaserNetUS Users' Meeting

Aug. 16-18, 2022 in Fort Collins, CO. Click here for more information and to visit the conference website.

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