Advanced Target Chamber to Enable High-Power Ultrashort-Pulse Laser-Matter High-Energy Density Physics
Abstract
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR-LLE) has invested in the MTW-OPAL Laser Facility as a strategy for developing the ultrafast science, laser technology, and technical experts required for next-generation innovation in energy and defense. The MTWOPAL Target Chamber will provide the final investment in infrastructure to complete a new mid-scale petawatt laser facility, which will enable fundamental research in areas of interest to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) including high-field physics, laser-based secondary sources (THz, x-rays, charged particles), high-energy density physics, and directed energy. The Target Chamber will provide an opportunity for investigators across multiple disciplines (e.g., high-power lasers, ultrashort-pulse laser-matter physics, optics, THz science, high-energy density physics) to advance novel science while providing a hands-on training for graduate students, engineers, and technicians. As a result, this infrastructure project will establish a facility for short-pulse laser-enabled science education addressing a national need relevant to the AFOSR and other agencies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 2024
- Source ID
- FA95502310475
Entities
People
- Dustin Froula
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Rochester