Lighting the Path Forward: Breakthroughs at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Date: April 23聽,2026
Location: Schlegel Eisenberg Rotunda
Speaker: Dustin Froula, Professor of Physics, Plasma & Ultrafast Laser Science & Engineering聽Division Director, LLE
This talk will offer an inside look at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) and its pioneering work with some of the most powerful lasers in the world. The speaker will highlight emerging technologies, including OMEGA Next and NSF OPAL, the world鈥檚 highest-power laser, and discuss how these advances are opening new possibilities in laser鈥損lasma science. From particle acceleration to the pursuit of fusion energy, the innovations being developed at LLE are helping expand the frontiers of scientific discovery and shaping the future of energy research. The Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the URochester is a unique national resource that combines the collaborative environment of a university with the capabilities of a national laboratory. As the largest Department of Energy鈥揻unded university-based laser laboratory in the country, LLE supports cutting-edge research while training the next generation of scientists and engineers.
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