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Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland in her laser lab
University News
December 30, 2019 | 11:44 am

Donna Strickland appointed to Order of Canada

University of Rochester alumna Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD), who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, has been appointed to the Order of Canada for her “extraordinary contributions to the nation.”

topics: alumni, announcements, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Nobel Prize,
a bank of flashtubs ignites in the OMEGA laser
Science & Technology
December 2, 2019 | 12:14 pm

When laser beams meet plasma: New data addresses gap in fusion research

Rochester scientists at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and their colleagues in California and France have directly demonstrated for the first time how laser beams modify the conditions of a plasma.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dustin Froula, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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,
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, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 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,
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, nuclear fusion, planets, research finding,