LLNL’s Raspberry Simpson named Kavli Fellow
Raspberry Simpson, a Lawrence Fellow in LLNL's National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate, has been named a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Kavli Fellow.
Lasers & Optics
LLNL’s breakthrough ignition experiment highlighted in Physical Review Letters
The details of the historic Dec. 5, 2022, fusion ignition experiment are presented in the Feb. 5, 2024, issue of Physical Review Letters.
Enhanced capability proposal aims to boost ignition yield
Studies using recent ignition experiments indicate such an upgrade in laser energy could increase fusion output by a factor of 10, resulting in yields in the 30 MJ range.
Watching aluminum’s reaction under extreme pressure
In new research appearing in Applied Physics Letters, a team of researchers from LLNL and University of California, San Diego conducted experiments to see how aluminum reacts to a laser under extreme pressure when a tamper material is used on picosecond (ps) time scales.
Probing the temperature of materials under extreme pressure
In new experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility, scientists measured the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) of copper to probe its temperature under extreme pressure.
Lab researchers elected Optica fellows
Jean Michel “JM” Di Nicola and Peter “Jeff” Wisoff of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been selected as fellows of Optica (formerly OSA).
Lab instrument on journey to the metallic asteroid Psyche
An instrument designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers departed Earth last week on a two-billion-mile, nearly six-year journey through space to explore a rare, largely metal asteroid.
LLNL experimental physicist Alex Zylstra awarded 2023 Fabre Prize
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Alex Zylstra has been awarded the 2023 Edouard Fabre Prize for his experimental leadership of the milestone “Hybrid-E” campaign that achieved fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
Scorpius Accelerator: 24 line-replaceable units mark major milestone
Members of LLNL’s Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius accelerator team recently marked a major milestone in the project — the delivery of 24 line-replaceable units (LRUs), known as pulsers, forming a complete unit cluster.
Physicist Otto ‘Nino‘ Landen receives prestigious Edward Teller Award
Otto “Nino” Landen, a distinguished member of the technical staff and the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments group leader at LLNL, has been awarded the 2023 Edward Teller Medal.