TPW laser. Harry Roberts

Unfortunately, due to funding cutbacks and loss of critical staffing levels, the Texas Petawatt Laser will be closed for operations indefinitely, beginning May 12, 2025. We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause our user community.

The Texas Petawatt Laser Facility conducts fundamental research into exotic states of matter with high energy densities (temperatures and pressures) and ultra-high electromagnetic fields. The Facility is part of the Center for High Energy Density Science and supports user access through LaserNetUS.

Please use the tabs for information about the laser system, scheduled experiments, information for user, and the Texas Petawatt staff.