The THRILL consortium is proud to announce that Jonas B. Ohland, a THRILL collaborator from the first hour, has been awarded a prestigious grant by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) under its “Fusionstalente” program. The funding will support the establishment of his own young[…]

Thrilled to share that Vincent Bagnoud had the opportunity to present the latest developments of our THRILL project at the Laserlab-Europe General Assembly, hosted at the STFC in Didcot, UK, on 14 May 2025. For more information on our project, follow us on LinkedIn!

We’re excited to share that our latest research paper has been published: Coherent combining of large-aperture high-energy Nd:glass laser amplifiers P. Lebegue, J. De Sousa, C. Rapenau, D. Badarau, J. Andrieu, P. Audebert, F. Druon and D. Papadopouloshttp://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2024.84 Abstract: We present coherent beam combining of nanosecond pulses with 20-J[…]

We are thrilled to share that our first 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-1/

Exciting news – a new paper from our team has been published recently: Apollon Real-Time Adaptive Optics (ARTAO) – Astronomy-Inspired Wavefront Stabilization in Ultraintense LasersJ. B. Ohland, N. Lebas, V. Deo, O. Guyon, F. Mathieu, P. Audebert and D. Papadopouloshttps://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2025.16 Abstract: Traditional wavefront control in high-energy, high-intensity laser systems[…]

The first online workshop on OPOSSUM – the Open Source Optics Simulation System and Unified Modeler – will take place on Wednesday, 4 June 2025, from 2-4 pm CEST via Zoom. The event will provide a first look at OPOSSUM, developed within the European THRILL project. Although still in[…]

It’s time to look back on our achievements and highlights from the second year of the THRILL project! As we enter the third year of our project, we can report some great results in the last 12 months, from promising tests and experiments to two new publications and a successful summer[…]

“I have consistently sought out challenges, often venturing into research areas where I had little initial expertise” With our series #WomeninScience, we will portrait the female scientific staff working on THRILL. They tell us about their roles in our project, what inspires them about their work and their experiences[…]

The THRILL workshop on adaptive optics integration brought together leading scientists to address critical challenges in high-power laser control. The year 2025 began on a high note with the successful completion of the THRILL workshop, held on January 16, 2025, at the Department of Physics, University of Oxford. Organized[…]

We are thrilled to announce the release of OPOSSUM v0.6.0, the latest version of our optical design and simulation software! 1          Overview Over the past five releases, we have developed numerous concepts and features, enabling OPOSSUM to simulate real-life optical models. However, the software currently functions more like an[…]