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April 7, 2020 | 03:04 pm

New laser technique will allow more powerful—and smaller—particle accelerators

Researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics have outlined a method to shape intense laser light in ways that could lead to tabletop experiments to probe the Higgs boson and explore the existence of extra dimensions.

topics: chirped pulse amplification, Dustin Froula, Higgs boson, John Palastro, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell,
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: David Turnbull, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dustin Froula, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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 9, 2018 | 03:53 pm

What is fusion, and why is it so difficult to create?

“All the stars, including the sun, are powered by fusion. We are here because of fusion. But fusion is really hard to create,” says E. Michael Campbell, director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

topics: events, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell, nuclear fusion,
Science & Technology
October 2, 2018 | 12:29 pm

Rochester breakthrough in laser science earns Nobel Prize

University of Rochester doctoral graduate Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD) and former optics faculty member Gérard Mourou shared the Nobel Prize in Physics today for work they undertook at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Their breakthrough paved the way for the creating very short and very intense laser pulses now used in a variety of applications, from LASIK eye surgery to the manufacturing of materials used in cell phones.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, lasers, Michael Campbell, Nobel Prize, Wayne Knox,
Science & Technology
September 6, 2016 | 02:55 pm

A first for direct-drive fusion

Experiments have created the conditions capable of producing a fusion yield that’s five times higher than the current record laser-fusion energy yield. The new work represents an important advance in a long-standing national research initiative to develop fusion as an energy source.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, energy, Laboratory of Laser Energetics, lasers, Michael Campbell, Natural Sciences, nuclear fusion, Riccardo Betti, School of Arts and Sciences,