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The NSF OPAL facility is envisioned to serve as a learning environment and hub for diverse scientific networks, offering opportunities for fundamental research, innovation, and societal benefit. Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting the design of two 25-petawatt lasers using optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification, as well as associated experimental and diagnostics systems.
Frontier Science Working Groups
Four Frontier Science Working Groups identified eight multi-petawatt laser experiments to explore the frontiers of science and push the limits of technology. From those eight proposals, a peer review panel selected four as flagship experiments to guide the NSF OPAL midscale research infrastructure (RI-1) project that will design and prototype critical systems for a new, world-leading, high-power laser user facility at the University of Rochester.
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October 8, 2024
An Inspiring Visit from Donna Strickland
Nobel laureate Donna Strickland and her husband Douglas Dykaar visited with the NSF OPAL (Optical Parametric Amplifier Line) design team at LLE.
August 30, 2024
NSF OPAL Flagship Experiment Selection Report
The Flagship Selection Report details the selection of experiments that will guide the NSF OPAL midscale research infrastructure (RI-1) project that will design and prototype critical systems for a new,…
July 26, 2024
Is a gamma-ray laser possible?
Led by NSF OPAL Co-PI Antonino Di Piazza, a team of researchers have secured National Science Foundation funding in collaboration with colleagues from ELI Beamlines in the Czech Republic to…
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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Award No. 2329970. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.