Feb. 26, 2019

 

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# New Video Details How ARC Laser Works

 

 



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We’ve created this new video animation to explain how the Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC) laser works. ARC is an extremely powerful short-pulse laser that operates within LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser and enables researchers to probe and create extreme states of matter.

 ![NIF | How the ARC Laser Works](https://lmf.llnl.gov/sites/lmf/files/styles/scaled_425h/public/video_thumbnails/LbAYCLr7DAM.jpg?itok=nMGT1oql "NIF | How the ARC Laser Works")

Visit the links below to learn more:

For information about the ARC laser and its recent experiments:

[https://lasers-prod.llnl.gov/science/advanced-laser-systems/advanced-ra…](https://lasers-prod.llnl.gov/science/advanced-laser-systems/advanced-radiographic-capability-arc-laser)

To learn about the chirped pulse amplification process that allows the ARC laser to operate:

[https://lasers-prod.llnl.gov/nobelist%E2%80%99s-invention-helped-spark-…](https://lasers-prod.llnl.gov/nobelist%E2%80%99s-invention-helped-spark-llnl%E2%80%99s-short-pulse-laser-breakthroughs)

To see a background video about how the NIF laser works:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixhyPN0r3g>

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**Dan Linehan**











 

 



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