Materials for Laser Systems

Who we are

Our group develops and qualifies new materials and new materials processing and characterization techniques to support the optic and target needs of advanced laser systems, such as the National Ignition Facility.

To learn more about us, meet our team and explore our focus areas.

Our focus areas

polymer materials

Polymer materials

Additively manufactured optics

Additively manufactured optics

Inorganic coatings and thin films

Inorganic coatings and thin films

Optical finishing

Optical finishing

Optical materials processing

Optical materials processing

Optical characterization

Optical characterization

Materials processing using lasers

Materials processing using lasers

Cryogenic hydrogen

Cryogenic hydrogen

Laser-matter interactions and optical damage

Laser–matter interactions and optical damage

Systems engineering

Systems engineering

Target fabrication

Target fabrication

Gratings and diffractive optics

Gratings and diffractive optics