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UR’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics awarded $14.9M federal contract
The Dynamic Compression Sector at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National laboratory uses a 100-J near-ultraviolet laser built and installed by the Laboratory for Laser Energetics as a tool for shock-physics experiments. Similar research lasers will be developed and used to study pulsed-laser effects with the new US Department of Defense funding. (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics / Eugene Kowaluk)
The Dynamic Compression Sector at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National laboratory uses a 100-J near-ultraviolet laser built and installed by the Laboratory for Laser Energetics as a tool for shock-physics experiments. Similar research lasers will be developed and used to study pulsed-laser effects with the new US Department of Defense funding. (University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics / Eugene Kowaluk)
UR’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics awarded $14.9M federal contract
Listen to this articleThe University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has been awarded a $14.9 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to study pulsed-laser effects.
In addition to supporting the LLE’s scientific mission, the funding—which approximately doubles the annual funding the university has received from the DOD in recent years—will aid in advancing technology and developing a pipeline of talent to support the broad use of laser-based, directed-energy systems.
“History has shown how US technology has enabled new knowledge and has responded rapidly to emerging national security imperatives,” Chris Deeney, LLE director, said in a release. “Key to such successes are talented scientists and engineers. We look forward to engaging in innovative science and technology programs while training the next generation of scientists and engineers.”
In addition to housing the two largest lasers in academia, LLE is where chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) was developed by Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, who jointly received the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery.
CPA is a technique for creating ultrashort, yet extremely high-power laser pulses.
The DOD funding also leverages the role that LLE plays in education and workforce development.
The laser lab hosts more than 100 students annually to work on laser technology and laser-material interactions and engages with industry on systems engineering for complex laser technologies and with other academic teams on research and development.
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