A Nobel story—from grad school to fairy tale
Physics Nobel laureate Donna Strickland spoke at the Laboratory.
Lasers & Optics
Virtual and augmented reality yield new insights
Virtual reality technology finds real-world applications at the National Ignition Facility.
Two world-class lasers combine to power applications
The Advanced Radiographic Capability is the most energetic short-pulse laser in the world.
Guide star leads to sharper astronomical images
The Laboratory has delivered a first-of-its-kind, high-power, fiber-based sodium laser guide star to the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Thin ice: shrinking frozen target capsule fuel layers
LLNL target fabrication scientists have found a way to make an already hair-thin layer of frozen inertial confinement fusion fuel even slimmer.
Discovery science strengthens the National Ignition Facility’s mission
The Discovery Science Program has spun off a wealth of benefits to the world’s largest and highest-energy laser system.
Laboratory researchers named optical society fellows
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers Tayyab Suratwala and Jay Dawson have been named fellows by The Optical Society of America.
Four Lawrence Livermore researchers named 2018 fellows of the American Physical Society
Four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have been selected as 2018 fellows of the American Physical Society.
Two key honors boost Laboratory’s E-band fiber optic amplifier
LLNL has received two significant awards that will help advance the next stage of developing fiber-optic cable technology.
What goes into a shot at the National Ignition Facility?
Take a peek inside the National Ignition Facility, the world’s largest and most energetic laser, to see how we develop and execute some of the most complex experiments conducted anywhere.