NSF OPAL Conceptual Design Review
April 22–23, 2025
The NSF OPAL RI-1 award supports the design of a new, world-leading, high-power laser user facility at the University of Rochester.
Two new 25-petawatt lasers will push beyond the current state of the art in peak laser power to achieve and study extreme physical conditions, such as ultrahigh electromagnetic fields, temperatures, and pressures that represent the frontier of science in studying matter in the Universe.
NSF OPAL aims to support four areas of frontier research identified by the Multi-Petawatt Physics Prioritization (MP3) workshop.
The NSF OPAL Conceptual Design Review (CDR) will be presented in a hybrid format on April 22nd and 23rd from 8:00 AM–5:30 PM EST.