IEEE Photonics Society student chapter Seminar: " The National Ignition Facility and the Pursuit of Star Power on Earth" by Dr. Christopher Barty /4.1.14/2:00-3:00pm/CREOL 102

IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Seminar: " The National Ignition Facility and the Pursuit of Star Power on Earth" by Dr. Christopher Barty

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
CREOL Room 102

Dr. Christopher Barty

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Abstract:

The National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the world's first mega-Joule laser and the first facility of its kind with sufficient laser energy to achieve controlled fusion ignition and burn in the laboratory, i.e. the same fusion process which powers our Sun.  This presentation will review the design, construction and development of NIF and its many technologies, the status of the 50+ year pursuit of inertial confinement fusion and the potential for laser inertial fusion energy as a source of clean, sustainable power. 

Biography:

Dr. C.P.J. Barty is the Chief Technology O?cer for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His academic background includes Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in applied physics from Stanford University and B.S. degrees, each with honors, in chemistry, physics, and chemical engineering from North Carolina State University. He has published more than 150 manuscripts and presented over 200 invited talks, spanning topics in lasers, optics, materials science, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and physics. He was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America for his pioneering work on intense short-pulse lasers and Xray applications. During his career, he has founded both the biennial international meeting on Ultrafast Optics and the International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers. Currently, he is the Co-chair of the International Committee on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers.

For more information:
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Chair: Zhenyue Luo zhenyueluo @ c reol . ucf . edu
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Advisor: Prof.S.T.Wu  swu @ ucf . edu