New Video Details How ARC Laser Works

February 26, 2019

We’ve created this new video animation to explain how the Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC) laser works. ARC is an extremely powerful short-pulse laser that operates within LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser and enables researchers to probe and create extreme states of matter.

Visit the links below to learn more:

• For information about the ARC laser and its recent experiments:

https://lasers.llnl.gov/science/advanced-laser-systems/advanced-radiographic-capability

• To learn about the chirped pulse amplification process that allows the ARC laser to operate:

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/nobelists-invention-helped-spark-llnls-short-pulse-laser

• To see a background video about how the NIF laser works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixhyPN0r3g

—Dan Linehan
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