Lasers and Optical Science and Technology

Project Highlights

 
FY2021

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Project Title Project Code Principal Investigator Project Type Project Status
Ionization-Based Optical Structures for the Control of Short-Pulse Lasers 21-LW-013 Matthew Edwards Lab-Wide Continuing
Modelocked Oscillator with Planar Gaussian Optics 21-LW-062 Thomas Galvin Lab-Wide Continuing
Revisiting the Critical Physics for Passing Energetic Laser Pulses through Air 21-ERD-052 Eyal Feigenbaum Exploratory Research Continuing
Freeform Optics 20-ERD-003 Tayyab Suratwala Exploratory Research Continuing
High-Energy Advanced Thermal Performance 20-ERD-006 Emily Link Exploratory Research Continuing
Glass-Engraved Meta-Optics for High-Power Lasers 21-ERD-002 Eyal Feigenbaum Exploratory Research Continuing
Glass Preforms for Next-Generation Fiber Lasers 20-ERD-012 Andrew Lange Exploratory Research Continuing
Ultrafast Plasma Optics for High-Power Coherent Light Sources 20-ERD-057 Matthew Edwards Exploratory Research Continuing
Beam-Combined Pulsed Fiber Lasers 21-ERD-004 Charles Yu Exploratory Research Continuing
Thulium-Doped Yttrium Lithium Fluoride High-Energy Laser Demonstrator 19-DR-009 Thomas Spinka Disruptive Research Continuing
Programmable Time-Varying Spectral Encoding for Advanced Control of High-Energy, High-Power Laser Systems 21-ERD-034 John Heebner Exploratory Research Continuing
Ultrafast Operation of High-Average-Power, High-Energy Thulium Lasers 21-ERD-016 Brendan Reagan Exploratory Research Continuing
Defects Suppression in Process-Optimized High Power and Energy Multilayer Dielectric Coated Optics 20-ERD-024 Siping Qiu Exploratory Research Continuing
Next-Generation Beam Quality for Deployed Laser Systems 20-ERD-046 Stephen Ammons Exploratory Research Continuing
Robust High-Power Diodes for Next Generation Laser Systems 21-SI-002 Salmaan Baxamusa Strategic Initiative Continuing
Local Energy Matter Interactions and Materials Response in Hypersonic Environments 21-SI-003 James Stolken Strategic Initiative Continuing
Extending the Reach of Extreme Ultraviolet Instruments: A New Method for Measuring the Refractive Index of Materials 20-FS-026 Catherine Burcklen Feasibility Study Final
Exploring Fabrication of Ultra-low Absorption, Multilayer, Hafnium High Reflectors 21-FS-040 Hoang Nguyen Feasibility Study Final
Plasma Photonics: Manipulating Light Using Plasmas 18-ERD-046 Pierre Michel Exploratory Research Final
Gestalt Optics: Three-Dimensional Transparent Ceramics 19-ERD-006 Zachary Seeley Exploratory Research Final