From Event: SPIE LASE, 2023
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) and Institute of Optics provide comprehensive educational opportunities in lasers and optics that support research in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Undergraduate and graduate students take courses in optical system design, coatings, and ultrafast and petawatt laser systems and pursue ICF-relevant research topics such as bandwidth enhancement of high-average power lasers, cryogenic cooling of diode-pumped materials, and UV photodiode-based characterization of OMEGA 60 pulses. Supporting future workforce needs, LLE has pioneered high-school programs that 1) invite students to participate in ICF-related research and 2) introduce ICF science to students from underrepresented minorities.
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Leon J. Waxer, Andrew Berger, Jake Bromage, Julie Bentley, Thomas Brown, Steve Craxton, Terrance Kessler, Jennifer Kruschwitz, Brian Kruschwitz, Gary Wicks, and Jonathan Zuegel, "LLE and the Institute of Optics: advancing high-power lasers education at the University of Rochester," Proc. SPIE PC12401, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research VII, PC1240109 (Presented at SPIE LASE: February 02, 2023; Published: 17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666268.6321496898112.