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High-Power Bursts of Light From Femtosecond System Are Being Honed
Dec 24, 2012
High-power bursts of light from femtosecond system are being honed for new compact particle accelerators. An ultrafast laser system under development at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) in California has delivered ...

Tags: laser, High-power bursts, ligtht, LBL, BELLA, Berkeley
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Aug 30, 2012
Winner:LANL's George Kyrala Six high-energy laser researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL)and a seventh from Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL)have won the American Physical Society's 2012 John Dawson Award for ...

Tags: national ignition facility, laser fusion, APS John Dawson Award
192-Laser Shot at Ignition Facility Hits 2mm Target with 1.8MJ,500TW-a New High NIF Target
Jul 13, 2012
192-laser shot at National Ignition Facility hits 2mm target with 1.8MJ,500TW–a new high NIF target Scientists at the National Ignition Facility(NIF),home to the world's highest-energy laser system,say that they are ...

Tags: NIF, laser, ignition, California