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In the two decades since its formation in 1990, just four years after the creation of CREOL, then called the Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers, LPL has grown to be a major laboratory within the constellation of optics, photonics and laser laboratories, and centers surrounding the College of Optics &amp; Photonics at UCF.<\/p><p>LPL 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&#8217;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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bcf358\" data-id=\"4bcf358\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ddb81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8ddb81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c553ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c553ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1\/7\/2021\u00a0Laser Innovations, Patents Earns Professor Rank of National Academy of Inventors Fellow<\/p><p>12\/21\/2020\u00a0Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, December, 21st, 2020<\/p><p>11\/4\/2019\u00a0LPL exhibits at 2019 APS Plasma Science Expo in Fort Lauderdale<\/p><p>9\/12\/2019\u00a0LPL Senior Graduate Student Justin Cook wins $1000 Optical Materials Award<\/p><p>4\/15\/2019\u00a0LPL presents 14 presentations at the DEPS Science &amp; Technology Symposium<\/p><p>8\/9\/2018\u00a0A paper by Danielle Reyes, Matthieu Baudelet, Martin Richardson and Shermineh Rostami Fairchild featured in Journal of Applied Physics<\/p><p>2\/6\/2018\u00a0Alex Sincore wins 2017-2018 CREOL Student of the Year Award<\/p><p>12\/14\/2017\u00a0Fall 2017 Graduates<\/p><p>8\/28\/2017\u00a0Welcome to the World \u2013 Arthur Maverick Baudelet<\/p><p>3\/23\/2017\u00a0Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair \u2013 Lecon Inaugurale<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome The Laser &amp; Plasma Laboratory is celebrating its 24th\u00a0anniversary this year. 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