Past Experiments
| Year | Experiment | Team | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| Frequency Doubling (2) | Marvel Fusion (Fisher) | 01/13/2025 | 01/17/2025 | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Frequency Doubling (2) | Marvel Fusion (Gonzalez) | 12/02/2024 | 12/13/2024 | |
| Frequency Doubling (2) | Marvel Fusion (Gaul) | 10/21/2024 | 11/22/2024 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration | UT (Hojbota) | 05/28/2024 | 07/10/2024 | |
| 2023 | ||||
| MegaTesla x-ray enhancement | LLE/UT/HZDR/GA (Rinderknecht) | 07/17/2023 | 08/18/2023 | |
| Laser wakefield acceleration | UMich (Krushelnick) | 05/22/2023 | 06/23/2023 | |
| Laser-driven photon source | LANL (Palaniyappan) | 03/27/2023 | 04/28/2023 | |
| Laser-driven photon source | LANL (Palaniyappan) | 02/27/2023 | 03/10/2023 | |
| Frequency Doubling (1) | Marvel Fusion (Steinke) | 01/18/2023 | 01/31/2023 | |
| 2022 | ||||
| Frequency Doubling (1) | Marvel Fusion (Steinke) | 10/24/2022 | 12/09/2022 | |
| Laser wakefield acceleration | UMich (Krushelnick) | 08/22/2022 | 09/23/2022 | |
| Gammay ray creation/actinide photo-fission (3) | Rice (Liang) | 05/23/2022 | 06/24/2022 | |
| Laser-driven photon source | LANL (Palaniyappan) | 03/21/2022 | 04/22/2022 | |
| Nanoparticle Wakefield Acceleration (4) | UT (Aniculaesei) | 01/24/2022 | 02/25/2022 | |
| 2021 | ||||
| Megatesla plasma + Ellipsoidal plasma mirrors (Part 1) | Hopkins/HZDR (Kumar/Toncian) | 11/29/2021 | 12/17/2021 | |
| Proton acceleration from compound parabolic concentrators (2) | LLNL (Rusby) | 10/11/2021 | 11/12/2021 | |
| X-ray radiography with betatron radiation | LLNL/UT (King) | 08/23/2021 | 09/24/2021 | |
| Nanoparticle Wakefield Acceleration (3) | UT (Aniculaesei) | 05/07/2021 | 08/06/2021 | |
| Ions from microtube foil targets | UCSD (Strehlow) | 03/08/2021 | 04/16/2021 | |
| Laser Wakefield Nanoparticle Acceleration (2) | UT (Aniculaesei) | 01/25/2021 | 02/19/2021 | |
| 2020 | ||||
| Neutron/Ion Generation | UT (McCary) | 11/16/2020 | 12/18/2020 | |
| Laser Wakefield Nanoparticle Acceleration (1) | UT (Aniculaesei) | 09/28/2020 | 10/30/2020 | |
| Ne and Ar strong field ionization | UT (Yandow) | 08/03/2020 | 09/11/2020 | |
| High Resolution Electron Imaging with Tight Focus | ELI Beamlines (Kumar) | 02/24/2020 | 03/11/2020 | |
| Megatesla Magnetic Fields and Gamma-Rays | LLE/UT/HZDR/GA (Rinderknecht) | 01/20/2020 | 02/14/2020 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| MeV X-ray & particles from Compound Parabolic Concentrator (1) | LLNL (MacKinnon) | 11/18/2019 | 12/20/2019 | |
| Magnetic Field Topology | SLAC (Curry) | 09/16/2019 | 10/11/2019 | |
| Neutron Acceleration--Deuterium Jet | SLAC (Treffert) | 08/12/2019 | 09/06/2019 | |
| Proton Acceleration--Hydrogen Jet | SLAC (Curry) | 07/08/2019 | 08/02/2019 | |
| Laser Wakefield as a Radiation Source | UT (Hannasch) | 04/15/2019 | 06/27/2019 | |
| 2018 | ||||
| Texas Petawatt Closed | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| Positrons and Gamma Rays (2) | Rice (Liang) | 12/11/2017 | 01/12/2018 | |
| Cryo Hydrogen Proton Acceleration (2) | SLAC (Glenzer) | 10/23/2017 | 12/01/2017 | |
| Hydrogen Isochoric Heating | UT (Hegelich) | 08/28/2017 | 09/29/2017 | |
| High Field Physics (2) | UT (Hegelich) | 07/24/2017 | 08/18/2017 | |
| Direct Laser Acceleration | UT (Yandow) | 06/19/2017 | 07/14/2017 | |
| Retro-focus Plasma Mirrors | UT (Downer) | 05/15/2017 | 06/02/2017 | |
| TPW as a Neutron Source | LANL (Gautier) | 04/17/2017 | 05/05/2017 | |
| Ion Acceleration | UT (Hegelich) | 02/20/2017 | 03/31/2017 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (6) | UT (Downer) | 01/09/2017 | 02/10/2017 | |
| 2016 | ||||
| Cryo Hydrogen Proton Acceleration (1) | SLAC (Glenzer) | 11/28/2016 | 12/23/2016 | |
| Heavy Ion Acceleration | UCSD (Beg) | 10/17/2016 | 11/11/2016 | |
| Neutron and Gamma Imaging | LMU (Ostermayr) | 08/22/2016 | 09/09/2016 | |
| Electrons, Gammas, and Pairs (1) | Rice (Liang) | 07/25/2016 | 08/12/2016 | |
| f/1 Install and High-field Physics | UT (Tiwari) | 06/06/2016 | 07/15/2016 | |
| Cluster Fusion | UT/TAMU (Quevedo) | 04/28/2016 | 05/26/2016 | |
| Install Diode-pumped APL | TPW Staff/Ekspla | 04/11/2016 | 04/27/2016 | |
| Enhanced TNSA | UT (McCary) | 03/21/2016 | 04/08/2016 | |
| Laser Hole Boring | UT (Wagner) | 02/08/2016 | 03/11/2016 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (5.1) | UT (Bernstein) | 01/04/2016 | 01/29/2016 | |
| 2015 | ||||
| Hot Electrons and Preplasma Effects | UCSD (Beg) | 11/09/2015 | 12/08/2015 | |
| Proton and Ion Acceleration | UT (Hegelich) | 09/02/2015 | 10/30/2015 | |
| AO installation/Measure contrast | TPW Staff | 06/08/2015 | 09/18/2015 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (5) | UT (Downer) | 05/04/2015 | 06/05/2015 | |
| DARPA-funded laser upgrade | TPW Staff | 06/02/2014 | 05/01/2015 | |
| 2014 | ||||
| DARPA-funded laser upgrade | TPW Staff | 06/02/2014 | 05/01/2015 | |
| Muon Production | Lockheed, NSTec, National Energetics | 04/28/2014 | 05/30/2014 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (4) | UT (Downer) | 04/28/2014 | 05/30/2014 | |
| Mass Limited Targets-Paul Trap | LMU Munich | 03/17/2014 | 04/18/2014 | |
| Laser-driven Neutron Generation | UT (CHEDS) | 02/10/2014 | 03/07/2014 | |
| Prepulse Effects-electron accel. | UCSD (Beg) | 01/06/2014 | 01/31/2014 | |
| 2013 | ||||
| Laser Wakefield Accleration (4) | UT (Downer) | 10/21/2013 | 12/05/2013 | |
| Microstructured Snow Targets | Hebrew Univ. | 09/23/2013 | 10/11/2013 | |
| Magnetized Blast Waves | UT (Riley) | 08/19/2013 | 09/06/2013 | |
| Bright Positron Sources | Rice (Liang) | 07/15/2013 | 08/02/2013 | |
| Ultrathin Target Ion Acceleration (2) | UT (Hegelich) | 06/17/2013 | 07/05/2013 | |
| Laser Hole Boring | UT (Wagner) | 04/15/2013 | 05/03/2013 | |
| Ultrathin Target Ion Acceleration (1) | UT (Hegelich) | 03/11/2013 | 04/05/2013 | |
| Laser Upgrades | UT (Hegelich) | 02/18/2013 | 03/08/2013 | |
| Laser Wakefield Accleration (3) | UT (Downer) | 01/14/2013 | 02/15/2013 | |
| 2012 | ||||
| Microdot Proton Acceleration (2) | UT (Kuk) | 12/03/2012 | 12/21/2012 | |
| Magnetic Vortices | UT (Gaul) | 11/05/2012 | 11/23/2012 | |
| Be Neutron Generation | UT (Pomerantz) | 10/08/2012 | 10/26/2012 | |
| Warm Dense Matter EOS (2) | UT (Dyer) | 08/27/2012 | 09/21/2012 | |
| High Harmonic Generation (3) | UT (Keto) | 07/30/2012 | 08/10/2012 | |
| Zirconium Crystal Imager | Ohio State | 07/16/2012 | 07/20/2012 | |
| High Harmonic Generation (2) | UT (Keto) | 06/18/2012 | 06/22/2012 | |
| Bright Positrons from DT gas | Rice/Ohio State | 05/14/2012 | 06/15/2012 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (2) | UT (Downer) | 03/26/2012 | 05/04/2012 | |
| Advanced TNSA | UT/LANL | 02/27/2012 | 03/16/2012 | |
| Commission OAP | TPW Staff | 02/20/2012 | 02/24/2012 | |
| Lithium Targets | Ohio State | 01/30/2012 | 02/17/2012 | |
| Proton Isochoric Heating | UT (Dyer) | 01/09/2012 | 01/20/2012 | |
| 2011 | ||||
| Warm Dense Matter EOS (1) | UT (Dyer) | 12/05/2011 | 12/22/2011 | |
| Lithium Targets | Ohio State | 10/24/2011 | 11/11/2011 | |
| High Harmonic Generation (1) | UT (Keto) | 09/22/2011 | 10/14/2011 | |
| Laser Wakefield Acceleration (1.5) | UT (Downer) | 08/29/2011 | 09/16/2011 | |
| Cluster Fusion | UT/TAMU (Bang) | 07/25/2011 | 08/19/2011 | |
| Positron Production | Rice (Liang) | 06/27/2011 | 07/15/2011 | |
| TNSA | UT (Kuk) | 06/06/2011 | 06/17/2011 | |
| Deuteron Acceleration | Ohio State | 05/01/2011 | 05/20/2011 | |
| Microdot Proton Acceleration (1) | UT (Kuk) | 04/01/2011 | 04/22/2011 | |
| Cluster Fusion | UT (Bang) | 02/01/2011 | 03/22/2011 |