NEWS Omega Laser Facility completes 25,000 experiments


The high-energy Omega Laser Facility at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in the USA has conducted its 25,000th experiment to create and study extreme states of matter. The Omega Laser Facility, a national


University collaborations with industry reap rewards


Universities in Germany and the UK are collaborating with industry to both improve the skill set of students and also establish a material science research professorship with backing from a commercial company. Virtek Vision International, a


supplier of laser-based manufacturing technology, and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the UK have signed an agreement to collaborate on manufacturing projects, while Schott and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have established an endowed professorship called ‘Solid State Science – Oxide Materials’ at the university. The memorandum of


understanding between Virtek and UCLan will focus on projects related to the development of skills used in real-world applications. Billy Beggs, UCLan’s engineering


innovation manager, said: ‘This represents the start of an exciting time for our University. Collaborating with leaders from the world of advanced manufacturing technology is the best way to expose UCLan engineering students to the skills and technologies most needed by industry. ‘We look forward to working with


Virtek and their British customers to help identify their future technological requirements, and then develop the kind of skilled professionals that will ensure the future of high-value manufacturing in our county,’ he added. The professorship at Johannes


Gutenberg University will begin in the winter semester 2013/2014 and will look to develop sustainable, functional oxide materials.


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user facility for the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), is used for high energy density physics research. Its 60 laser beams focus up to 40,000 joules of energy onto a target less than a millimetre in diameter, in approximately one billionth of a second.


The research work using Omega


spans from fundamental science experiments exploring the birth and death of stars, to inertial confinement fusion ignition, laser-plasma interactions and nuclear weapons research. The 25,000th target shot was a


science experiment to study the properties of liquid deuterium at high pressure. This study aims to further the research into making fusion work in the laboratory, as well as providing insight into what is happening in the interior of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn.


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