• News
  • Press Releases
  • In the News
  • Status Update
  • Media Assistance
• About Us
  • National Ignition Facility
    • About NIF
    • How NIF Works
    • The Seven Wonders of NIF
    • Building NIF
    • An Engineering Marvel
    • NIFFY
    • Early Light
    • Collaborators
    • Status
    • Visiting NIF

  • Missions
    • National Security
    • Energy for the Future
    • Understanding the Universe
  • People
    • The People of NIF
    • Awards
    • NIF Professor
    • Sabbatical Opportunities
  • NIF Online Store
• Programs
  • National Ignition Campaign
    • How to Make a Star (ICF)
    • Target Physics
    • Target Fabrication
    • Cryogenic Target System
    • Diagnostics
    • Participants
  • Photon Science & Applications
    • Advanced Optics
    • Advanced Radiography
    • Directed Energy
    • Fusion Energy

  • Inertial Fusion Energy
    • How IFE Works
  • Science at the Extremes
    • Jupiter Laser Facility
    • Laboratory Astrophysics
    • Nuclear Astrophysics
    • Nuclear Physics
    • Planetary Physics
    • Plasma Physics
• For Users
  • Experimental Capabilities
    • Chamber Geometry
    • Diagnostics
    • Materials
    • Hohlraum Energetics
    • Radiation Transport
    • X-ray Opacity
    • Shock Timing
    • Streaked Radiography
    • Capsule Implosions
    • X-ray Sources

  • Call for Proposals
    • Facility Time
    • Concept Development
  • NIF User Group
    • By-laws
  • NIF/JLF User Group Meeting
  • Join the User Group
  • User Guide
  • Contact the User Facility
  • Shot Feedback
• Science & Technology
  • Fusion Science
    • Fast Ignition
  • Photon Science & Applications
  • Future NIF Experiments
• Multimedia
  • Interactive Book

  • Mobile Apps
  • Photo Gallery
  • Video Gallery
  • Timeline
  • Virtual Tour
  • Publications
    • Press Kit
    • Photons & Fusion Newsletter
    • Journal Articles
    • ICF Reports Archive
    • S&TR Articles
• Education
  • Fusion Fun
  • How Lasers Work
  • Internships
  • Outreach
  • Online Resources
  • FAQs
  • Glossary

NIF Home > Site Map

Site Map

National Ignition Facility & Photon Science – Bringing Star Power to Earth

Newsroom

Press Releases

In the News

Status Update

About NIF & PS

Missions

• National Security
• Stockpile Stewardship
• Energy for the Future
• LIFE
• Understanding the Universe

National Ignition Facility

• About NIF
• How NIF Works
• Optics
• Optical Switch
• Injection Laser System
• Amplifiers
• Power Conditioning System
• Beam Transport
• Precision Diagnostic System
• Final Optics Assembly
• Target Chamber
• Integrated Computer Control System
• The Seven Wonders of NIF
• Building NIF
• An Engineering Marvel
• NIFFY
• Early Light
• Collaborators
• Visiting NIF

People

• The People of NIF
  • Felicie Albert
  • Trish Baisden
  • Regina Bonanno
  • Mark Bowers
  • Jorge Castro Morales
  • Pat Coyle
  • Tilo Doeppner
  • Reggie Drachenberg
  • Mike Dunne
  • Beth Dzenitis
  • Tim Frazier
  • Diane Hardy
  • John Heebner
  • Zhi Liao
  • John Lindl
  • Brian Maddox
  • Laura Mascio Kegelmeyer
  • Roark Marsh
  • Rick Montesanti
  • Mark Newton
  • Ralph Patterson
  • Dustin Riggs
  • Valerie Roberts
  • Rod Saunders
  • Lynn Seppala
  • Pam Whitman
  • Scott Winters
  • Sheldon Wu
• Management Team
• Edward Moses
• Mary Louise Spaeth
• Ralph Patterson
• John Lindl
• Jeff Wisoff
• Jeffrey Atherton
• Brian MacGowan
• C.P.J. Barty
• Regina Bonanno
• Mike Dunne
• Chris Keane

• Awards
• R & D 100's
• Other Awards
• Technology Transfer
• Fellows
• NIF Professor
• Sabbatical Opportunities

Programs

National Ignition Campaign

• Inertial Confinement Fusion
• How ICF Works
• Plasma Physics & ICF
• Target Physics
• Target Fabrication
• Cryogenic Target System
• Diagnostics
• Participants

Photon Science & Applications

• Advanced Optical Components & Technology
• Tools
• Technologies
• Specialty Diffractive Optics
• Gratings
• Advanced Radiographic & Energetic Systems (ARES)
  • Petawatt Lasers
  • Thomson-Radiated Extreme X-ray Source (T-REX)
• Directed Energy
  • Tailored-Aperture Ceramic Laser (TACL)
  • Solid State Heat-Capacity Laser (SSHCL)
  • Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser (DPAL)
• Fusion Energy Systems & Science
• Mercury Laser
• High-average-Power Laser-diode Arrays (HAPL)
• High Energy Class Diode Pumped Solid State Lasers Workshop 2012

Inertial Fusion Energy

• How IFE Works

Science at the Extremes

• Jupiter Laser Facility
• Laboratory Astrophysics
• Nuclear Astrophysics
• Nuclear Astrophysics Workshop 2007
• Nuclear Physics
• Planetary Physics
• Plasma Physics
  • Laser-Plasma Interactions

For Users: Science at the National Ignition Facility

Call for Proposals

• Facility Time
• Concept Development

Experimental Capabilities

• Chamber Geometry
• Diagnostics
• Materials
• Hohlraum Energetics
• Radiation Transport
• X-ray Opacity
• Shock Timing
• Streaked Radiography
• Capsule Implosions
• X-ray Sources

NIF User Group Meeting 2013

Join the User Group

User Guide

Contact the User Facility

Shot Feedback

Science & Technology

Fusion Science:

• Fast Ignition

Photon Science & Applications

Future NIF Experiments

Multimedia

Interactive Book

Mobile Apps

Photo Gallery

Video Gallery

Timeline

Virtual Tour

Publications

• Press Kit
• Photons & Fusion Newsletter
• Journal Articles
• ICF Reports Archive
• Science & Technology Review Articles

Education: Learn More About Fusion and Lasers

Fusion Fun

• Photon Comix
• Recipes
• Activities
• NIFFY

How Lasers Work

Internships

• Students
  • Student Spotlight
• High School Teachers
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• PhD Program
• PostDoc Opportunities
• Fellowships
• NIF Professor

Outreach

• Science on Saturday
• Laser Roadshow
• Expanding Your Horizons
• Tours

Online Resources

FAQ's: Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

Workshops

• NIF User Group Meeting 2013
• Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets 2012
• HEC-DPSSL Workshop 2012
• Science of Fusion Ignition on NIF 2012
• NIF User Group Meeting 2012
• UR Fusion Science Center Annual Meeting 2010
• NIF/Jupiter User Group Meeting 2009
• Nuclear Astrophysics Conference 2007

Utility Bar

• Site Map
• Contact Us

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • 7000 East Avenue • Livermore, CA 94550
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration