Lasers & Optics

The Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors has selected Livermore experimental physicist Tammy Ma as the recipient of its 2021 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award.

The new Precision Diagnostic System has an advanced array of diagnostic tools that help researchers experiment with potential methods to increase laser performance

Livermore engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than existing photoconductive devices.

Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Livermore researchers and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.

Researchers have developed a light-activated switch that, if fully deployed, could reduce carbon emissions by more than 10 percent.

Three Livermore postdoctoral appointees have been selected to attend the 70th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.

Now in its 11th year, the Lawrence Livermore–Las Positas College Science and Engineering Seminar Series provides Livermore scientists and engineers a forum to share their research with students, faculty, and the Tri-Valley community.

The L3-HAPLS, the world’s highest-average-power petawatt laser system designed and built by Livermore, reached a major milestone during a recent demonstration at ELI Beamlines Research Center.

Livermore scientists have achieved a near 100 percent increase in the amount of antimatter created in the laboratory.

The Laboratory has launched the new Space Science Institute, intended to boost cross-discipline collaboration and discovery.