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QED Recognized for Cutting Edge Technology
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- QED Technologies, in conjunction with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL and Zygo Corporation, recently won a prestigious R&D 100 Award for 2007, granted by R&D Magazine for the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace in the past year. The winning project, "Large Aperture Continuous...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, manufacturing, optics, plate, R&D
Research articles 2007-07-18
Bay Area labs win awards for new technologies
Bay Area labs won nine prestigious R&D awards this year for new technologies with commercial potential, including an underground bomb detector and a fast, portable device that can diagnose a potentially fatal lung condition. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory added five more awards this year to bring the lab's...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research articles 2007-07-06
Bay Area labs win awards for new technology
Bay Area labs won nine prestigious R&D awards this year for new technologies with commercial potential, including an underground bomb detector and a fast, portable device that can diagnose a potentially fatal lung condition. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory added five more awards this year to bring the...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research articles 2007-07-06
Report targets Livermore Lab laser complex
The giant lasers, X-ray machines and supercomputers called essential a decade ago for the upkeep of U.S. nuclear weapons have fallen behind schedule, yet even with those crippled or delayed capabilities, the weapons themselves are faring well, with little sign of falling apart. The Federation of American...
Tags: federation, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientist
Research articles 2007-05-31
Embattled Livermore lab appoints interim leader
A 34-year veteran nuclear weaponeer took the helm of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Wednesday as the lab's interim director for at least 17 months as contractors vie to unseat the University of California as lab operator and weapons scientists compete for the first new H-bomb designs in...
Tags: job, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, leader, MILLER, scientist, team
Research articles 2006-03-24
Livermore lab gets new interim leader
A 34-year veteran nuclear weaponeer took the helm of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Wednesday as the lab's interim director for at least 17 months as contractors vie to unseat the University of California as lab operator and weapons scientists compete for the first new H-bomb designs in 20 years....
Tags: job, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, leader, Miller, scientist, team, University of California
Research articles 2006-03-15
Shocking crystals produces light.(Emerging Technologies: Eureka)
For the past 50 years, lasers and free-electron lasers have been the only fundamental ways to produce coherent light. That has all changed with the recent discovery of a new source of coherent optical radiation that is distinct from lasers and free-electron lasers,...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, radiation
Research articles 2006-02-01
NIF ignition projections validated.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL issued the following News Release December 1, 2005. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have conducted a round of successful laser experiments at the National Ignition Facility NIF, validating key computer simulations and theoretical projections relevant to...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, plasma, researcher
Research articles 2006-01-01
Livermore Lab to double plutonium storage, boost work force
As expected, the nation's nuclear-weapons chief has chosen to double storage and daily work limits for plutonium at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and begin firing the world's largest laser at targets closely mimicking hydrogen bombs. National Nuclear Security Administration chief Linton Brooks, in a Nov. 22 letter...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, storage
Research articles 2005-11-30
JDS Uniphase Modulators Selected by Lawrence Livermore National Lab for World's Largest Laser
JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide electro-optic modulators for the National Ignition Facility NIF Project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL. When completed in 2008, NIF is expected to be the largest laser in the world. As part...
Tags: JDS Uniphase, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research articles 2005-02-01
Jacobs Celebrates 4 Million Safe Workhours at the National Ignition Facility.
PASADENA, CALIF., Jan 26, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that the National Ignition Facility NIF team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL has recently celebrated 4 million workhours without a lost-time injury. Jacobs has been a major partner...
Tags: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, team
Research articles 2005-01-26
U.S. National Labs Win With 21st Century Technologies
WASHINGTON, DC, ENS ? From safe land mine clearance to the production of pure hydrogen at high temperatures, scientists at U.S. national laboratories have won 21 of the 100 annual awards given this year by R&D Magazine to honor products, materials or processes that show commercial promise. This year?s R&D...
Tags: 21st Century Technologies, computer, high-performance, hydrogen, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PRODUCTIVITY, R&D, researcher, scientist, technology
Research articles 2004-07-14
Zygo Awarded $3.8 Million to Develop and Facilitate Manufacture of Thin Fused Silica Substrates for the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO) announced today that it has received an order from the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL for the development of improved manufacturing technologies and pilot plant equipment required for fabricating thin fused silica optics for the NIF laser. These optics include diffractive optic...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, manufacturing, optics
Research articles 2004-07-13
BTG Announces Availability of a Novel Chalcogenide Laser for License
Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 27, 2004 BTG: -- Versatile, Low-Cost Technology Offers Wide Range of Applications -- Broadly Tunable Semiconductor Laser in the 2-3 Micron Wavelength Range BTG (LSE: BGC), the IP and technology commercialization company, today announced...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, technology
Research articles 2004-04-27
Livermore lab laser hits new record
In less than an hour, technicians Balbir Bhachu and Kurt Cutter clamped thick slabs of exotic glass into a device they're building for the U.S. Army and blew away the world's record for power on a solid-state laser. The invisible beam on Monday measured 29.7 kilowatts, instantly...
Tags: kW, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research articles 2004-04-01
Firefighters douse blaze at Livermore lab
A laser-research building undergoing roof repairs caught fire at Lawrence Livermore lab Tuesday afternoon, but employees got out quickly and are expected to return to work today. Lab employees saw smoke at the 40,000-square-foot laser lab and phoned for firefighters at 4:30 p.m. Two lab fire engines...
Tags: firefighter, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research articles 2003-11-12
PTC receives $1 million order for services from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; PTC Global Services to support the world's largest laser project.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2003-PTC: PTC receives $1 million order for services from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; PTC Global Services to support the world's largest laser projectC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07292003 NEEDHAM, Mass. - PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company',...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, MARKETING
Research articles 2003-07-31
UV beam sets record. (Bulletin).(researchers produce 10.4 kilo Joules of ultraviolet laser light in single laser beamline)(Brief Article)
Researchers at the National Ignition Facility Project, part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL, Calif., have produced 10.4 kilo Joules kJ of ultraviolet laser light in a single laser beamline, setting a world record for laser performance. In addition, they recently established records in infrared and...
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Research articles 2003-07-01
NIF progress.(National Ignition Facility)(Brief Article)
The National Ignition Facility NIF continues to meet its technical performance, cost and schedule milestones. NIF, to become the world's largest laser, is under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Conventional facilities were completed in September 2001, with "first light" through a...
Tags: amplifier, laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, performance
Research articles 2003-05-01
Novel method for laser glass manufacture.
US researchers have developed a process to produce metre-size plates of laser-quality technical glass. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL, USA, and its two industrial partners claim they can make such plates 20 times faster and five times cheaper than was previously possible. Further, the optical quality...
Tags: laser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Platinum
Research articles 2002-01-01