Welcome to the Laser and Plasma Laboratory (LPL)
The Laser & Plasma Laboratory is a founding laboratory within the new Townes Laser Institute, established in 2007 as a State Center of Excellence in next-generation laser technologies and their applications. Although LPL’s scope of activities has progressively expanded over the years, its mission has remained the same. We strive for excellence in research and training in advanced laser technologies. Our primary products are the students we graduate with Masters and Doctoral degrees and the new science and technologies we create. We are organized into a number of research teams, laboratories and major facilities, and have established many formal and informal collaborations across the globe. These and other facets of our work are summarized on this website.
News
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CREOL PhD Student, Debasmita Banerjee, Wins Prestigious Paper Prize at Siegman School on Lasers
Dr. Martin Fejer (left) from Stanford University and Debasmita Banerjee (right) from the University of Central Florida Debasmita Banerjee, a PhD student at the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), has been awarded the McMurtry Paper Prize at the prestigious Siegman International School on Lasers 2024. Banerjee’s poster presentation stood out… Continue reading ›Aug 12 -
CREOL Advances Light as the Gateway to Technological Advances
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA’S (UCF) CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN Optics and Lasers (CREOL) program has come a long way since its first incarnation in a double-wide trailer in 1987. The center became a college in its own right in 2004, still under the auspices of UCF, and it has attracted some of the best and… Continue reading ›Jul 31 -
UCF Researchers Help Discover ‘Self-Healing’ Glass
Microscopic defects in the special glass are reversed when exposed to gamma radiation, and the discovery could pave the way for their use in extreme environments, such as space. Continue reading ›Jul 31