Lasers & Optics

LLNL scientists and Purdue University collaborators develop and demonstrate a high-throughput, automated mass spectrometry platform.

In a recent study, published in Nature, an international team including LLNL researchers experimentally measured the structure of liquid carbon for the first time.

In a new study LLNL researchers and collaborators triggered a slow decomposition of a high explosive and measured the effects on the molecules within it. 

Since the 1970s, the Janus laser, now part of JLF, has served as an experimental proving ground to LLNL laser and fusion programs and the broader high-energy-density and laser science communities.

By combining the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser and ultra-light metal foams, LLNL researchers have produced the brightest X-ray source to date.

LLNL’s mission-focused work advancing national security by developing laser technology for X-ray lithography and satellite imaging research leads to technology spin-offs with commercial importance. 

A new research partnership led by LLNL aims to lay the groundwork for the next evolution of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, centered around a Lab-developed driver system.

Starris: Optimax Space Systems and LLNL have entered a commercialization partnership for LLNL’s patented monolithic telescope technology, which accelerates rapid deployment of modular optical designs for space imagery.

LLNL researchers an collaborators conduct a study that represents the first example of using X-ray diffraction to make direct time-resolved measurements of an aluminum sample’s ablation depth. 

LLNL and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland sign a memorandum of understanding with a focus on strengthening the science and technology (S&T) capabilities between the two entities.