We are thrilled to share that our second newsletter is out now, highlighting the progress, people, and purpose behind our project. In this issue, you’ll find: To view the newsletter, visit: https://www.thrill-project.eu/thrill-newsletter-3/

“What motivates me most is the combination of scientific challenge, practical relevance, and the opportunity to contribute something useful to the field” Meet Yannik Zobus, a laser physicist at GSI, who is developing a holistic simulation framework, essentially a digital twin for future fusion laser systems, in his newly[…]

The second summer school organized by the THRILL project took place from 7 to 12 June 2026, in Hirschegg, in the Austrian alps. 16 participants from six European countries from institutions within and outside the THRILL consortium came together in order to explore extreme states of matter generated by[…]

Research activities emerging from the THRILL project continue to gain momentum: On 1 May 2026, Yannik Zobus, a laser physicist working on the THRILL project at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, launched the new fusion initiative “LASE-FUSE” (LAser Simulation for Enhanced FUSion Efficiency). As part of Germany’s BMFTR “Fusionstalente” (Fusion Talents)[…]

On 14 and 15 April, the French partner CNRS organized the 4th general assembly meeting of THRILL at Sorbonne University in Paris and Palaiseau. This meeting was the last in-person meeting of the project and the occasion for the consortium to look out into the future. The first day[…]

We are happy to share that a new research paper has been published: Patch-MLP-based predictive control: simulation of upstream pointing stabilization for PHELIX laser systemJiaying Wang, Jonas Benjamin Ohland, Yen-Yu Chang, Vedhas Pandit, Stefan Bock, Andrew-Hiroaki Okukura, Udo Eisenbarth, Arie Irman, Michael Bussmann, Ulrich SchrammMach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 7[…]

After three years in motion, the THRILL consortium is pleased to report on its most recent achievements and highlights, including four new publications and several training events. In the final year of the project, all work packages make good progress towards the project objective: delivering new schemes and devices[…]

We are thrilled to announce the release of OPOSSUM 0.7.0, which marks a significant milestone in the software’s history. For the first time, OPOSSUM includes a graphical user interface (GUI), transitioning the tool from a pure Rust library and command line interface (CLI) into a visual environment accessible to[…]

“Follow your dreams! There is always a path for motivated people.” Meet Pierre Lebegue, a PhD student at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry (LCF) and the Laboratoire pour l’utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI) in France working on the THRILL project. Hi Pierre, please tell us more about your background and[…]

The next THRILL Summer School will take place from 7 to 13 June 2026 at the Darmstädter Haus in Hirschegg, Austria. The focus of the school will be on Applications of High Energy / High Power Lasers. PhDs and early career scientists are invited to register through the event website before 15[…]