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Donna Strickland sitting and talking with Mike Campbell
Science & Technology
October 31, 2019 | 12:46 pm

‘Lasers are everywhere’

In a video for WIRED University alumna and Nobel Prize recipient Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD) explains the inner-workings of lasers to five different people: a child, a teenager, a college student, a graduate student, and, finally, to an expert: Mike Campbell, director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: alumni, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell, Nobel Prize,
Science & Technology
October 14, 2019 | 11:18 am

New National Nuclear Security Administration agreement authorizes record LLE funding

The renewed NNSA agreement brings record funding to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics—$409.9 million for fiscal years 2019–23—and demonstrates the agency’s long-term support of LLE’s mission.

topics: high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, New York congressional delegation, physics, research funding,
scientists in clean suits working in a laser array.
Science & Technology
October 10, 2019 | 02:30 pm

Rochester recognized as leader in high-energy-density physics 

Three of eight national research grants recently awarded by the Department of Energy were given to researchers at the University of Rochester, which is home to the largest university-based DOE research program in the nation.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, high-energy-density physics, Jonathan Davies, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, OMEGA EP laser, Pierre Gourdain, planets, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
visitors looking into a laser array from an observation deck
Science & Technology
August 23, 2019 | 03:09 pm

Laser lab ‘truly inspiring’ to federal government visitors

National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty said the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics plays a crucial role in advancing research vital to maintaining the safety of America’s nuclear security enterprise.

topics: featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, New York congressional delegation,
David Williams in a classroom.
University News
July 8, 2019 | 04:02 pm

David Williams steps down as AS&E dean for research

Dean for research in Arts, Sciences & Engineering since 2011, Williams stepped down on July 1 to return full time to his research.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, Center for Visual Science, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research,
artist illustration shows cylinder converting to blocks of ice.
Science & Technology
May 15, 2019 | 02:35 pm

‘Exotic’ form of ice both solid and liquid

Using lasers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, researchers have created a superionic water ice, identifying and recording the ice’s atomic structure for the first time and changing our understanding of ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, planets, research finding, Ryan Rygg,
erupting plasma on the surface of the sun.
Science & Technology
March 7, 2019 | 07:47 am

Researchers turn liquid metal into a plasma

For the first time, researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have found a way to turn a liquid metal into a plasma and to observe the temperature where a liquid under high-density conditions crosses over to a plasma state.

topics: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Mohamed Zaghoo, nuclear fusion, planets, research finding,
close up of laser array
Science & Technology
January 31, 2019 | 01:00 pm

With data science, Rochester’s laser lab moves closer to controlled nuclear fusion

One of the biggest challenges to controlled nuclear fusion has been the lack of accurate models to predict increased fusion energy yields. Now a Rochester team of more than 50 scientists has used “big data” to triple fusion yields.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, nuclear fusion, research finding,
side by side portraits of Maia Raynor and Anirudh Sharma
Science & Technology
January 25, 2019 | 11:27 am

Local teens recognized for Laser Lab research

Two high school seniors have been designated as Scholars in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search for research they carried out last summer at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: awards, community, high school students, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Regeneron Science Talent Search,