How POWERFUL of a Laser Can We Make?

- NSF OPAL System
  The proposed NSF OPAL system parameters and capabilities significantly extend the current state of the art in ultrahigh peak power, ultrafast lasers and will serve national and international research communities for decades to come.
- System
  - Capabilities
  - Facility Overview
- Frontier Science
  NSF OPAL will allow the creation and study of extreme physical conditions, such as ultrahigh electromagnetic fields, temperatures, and pressures that represent the frontier of science in studying matter in the Universe.
  
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- Frontier Science Working Groups
- People
  Led by principal investigators from the nation’s leading universities, the NSF OPAL team is working to design and prototype the key technologies necessary for a state-of-the-art laser facility.
- People
  - Principal Investigators
  - Project Team
- News and Events
  NSF OPAL news and event updates.
- News and Events
  - News & Updates
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NSF OPAL project Co-PI, Franklin Dollar, recently appeared in an NSF video talking about lasers, high power lasers, and Death Stars.