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class="site-content"> <div id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main"> <div id="post-wrap"> <lbl-hero-basic title="Accelerator Technologies" summary="Exploring the frontiers of accelerator science to provide powerful tools for research and applications." layout="research" > <img width="1920" height="720" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_Accelerators_hero-module_XBD201908-00929-027-e1658284133771.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-xl size-lbl-components-xl" alt="A large glowing laser table." slot="media" decoding="async" /> <lbl-breadcrumbs slot="utility" text="<ul><li><a href='https://www.lbl.gov/research/'>Research</a></li><li><span>Accelerator Technologies</span></li></ul>" > </lbl-breadcrumbs> <lbl-icon-list slot="utility" theme="hero" title="Share:" > <lbl-icon-list-item theme="hero" slot="icon-list-item" link-text="Twitter" link-url="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Accelerator+Technologies: 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Our scientists and engineers are developing next-generation accelerators for diverse benefits to society, including fundamental science, medical treatments, and clean fusion energy. These accelerators will also enable tools for a low-carbon economy and quantum information science." theme="white" > <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="intro-block" > </lbl-pattern> <lbl-eyebrow has-breakline slot="eyebrow" text="" > </lbl-eyebrow> </lbl-intro-callout> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-quote-block text="Particle accelerators and accelerator-based photon sources are indispensable as engines of scientific discovery and as tools across industry, national security, and medicine." name="Cameron Geddes" description="Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division Director" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="330" height="330" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_Accelerators_quote-module_Cameron-Geddes_XBD-202103-0029-004-e1658267950167.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-sm size-lbl-components-sm" alt="Cameron Geddes, a dark-haired person wearing a black suit, poses for a headshot." slot="media" /> <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="quote-block" > </lbl-pattern> </lbl-quote-block> </lbl-container> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Our Research Pillars" text="" margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Expanding discovery</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Developing accelerators and accelerator-based photon sources as tools to extend science reach.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Sensing for society</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Bringing advanced capabilities from the Lab to industry, carbon management, medicine, and security.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Clean energy</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Realizing clean, reliable, and secure power sources based on fusion energy.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Precision simulation and control</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Advancing exascale simulation, active feedback, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications to harness complex systems.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Applying ion beams</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Using accelerated beams for purposes ranging from materials modification to cancer treatment to quantum-computing hardware to measuring carbon stored in soil.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> </lbl-container> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Facilities, Centers, Projects, and Partnerships" text="" margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-grid columns="3" layout="grid-card" > <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/" link-target="" title="Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center and plasma acceleration" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_accelerators_news_XBD-202105-0065-040.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="A capillary discharge waveguide." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Creating a new generation of accelerators that are orders of magnitude smaller, and their enabling technologies, including high-average-power lasers.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/laser-facilities/" link-target="" title="Laser facilities" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="466" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/XBD-202204-035-005.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Scientist in a hair cap and goggles work on accelerator technology." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>BELLA Center makes a petawatt laser and a 50-terawatt laser (with a 10-TW arm) available through LaserNetUS and other collaborations.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/laser-facilities/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/scientific-programs-and-centers/berkeley-accelerator-controls-and-instrumentation-program/ultrahigh-precision-controls-and-laser-innovation/" link-target="" title="Fiber lasers and beam combining" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_accelerators_news_LTAP_Tong-Zhou_credit-MarilynSargent-BerkeleyLab_XBD201805-00341-022.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Scientist working with red lasers on a benchtop." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Energizing laser-plasma accelerators and other applications with a new approach — combining the pulses from many fast-acting but lower-energy optical fiber lasers.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/scientific-programs-and-centers/berkeley-accelerator-controls-and-instrumentation-program/ultrahigh-precision-controls-and-laser-innovation/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/scientific-programs-and-centers/advanced-light-source-accelerator-physics-program/" link-target="" title="Advanced Light Source (ALS) Accelerator Physics" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="556" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ALS-U-No-Roof-Blocks-201212-1200px.jpeg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Scientific diagram of the interior of ALS-U." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Improving ALS accelerator systems and developing ALS-U and other next-generation photon user facilities.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/scientific-programs-and-centers/advanced-light-source-accelerator-physics-program/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/compact-light-sources/" link-target="" title="Compact light sources" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_accelerators_XBD201805-00341-011.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Three scientists looking at a large glowing laser table." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Developing free-electron lasers that take advantage of the compact power of laser-plasma accelerators.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/compact-light-sources/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/ultra-high-intensity-laser-plasma-interactions/" link-target="" title="Accelerators for medical applications" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="593" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT_Accelerators_Impact-Story-Module_ATAPBSE-lead.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Three scientists work on a large piece of scientific instrumentation." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Precision treatments that spare healthy tissues to fight hard-to-reach cancers.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/ultra-high-intensity-laser-plasma-interactions/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/projects-and-collaborations/lasernetus/" link-target="" title="LaserNetUS" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="371" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/XBD201211-01575-10.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="BELLA, the Berkeley Laboratory Laser Accelerator emitting a glowing green light." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Providing researchers with access to advanced lasers as part of a nationwide network.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/projects-and-collaborations/lasernetus/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/ultra-high-intensity-laser-plasma-interactions/" link-target="" title="Ultra high-intensity laser-plasma interactions" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="655" height="541" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hedp-ion-pulse-01_655x.png" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Purple background with lighter rays moving from the left to right side of the composition." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Intense lasers and particle beams for “the X Games of contemporary science” and for inertial fusion energy.” </p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/berkeley-lab-laser-accelerator-bella-center/ultra-high-intensity-laser-plasma-interactions/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/crosscutting-endeavors/fusion-energy-science/" link-target="" title="Fusion energy R&D" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="810" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ATAP_fusion_magnet_detailofHigleyIMG_4453_1024x.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Fusion magnet." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Driving magnet technology and laser-plasma science for plentiful, cleaner, secure energy.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://atap.lbl.gov/research/crosscutting-endeavors/fusion-energy-science/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" 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