News & Updates

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, world-leading, high-power laser user facility at the University of Rochester.

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 study the feasibility of coherent light sources beyond X-rays.

The Multi-Petawatt Physics Prioritization (MP3) Workshop Report captures the outcomes from a community-initiated workshop held April 20-22, 2022 at Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Rochester nearly $18 million over three years to design and prototype key technologies for the NSF OPAL facility.