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[…]

In the framework of THRILL’s work package 4 “High-repetition-rate high-energy amplification”, Amplitude developed and prototyped a novel flashlamp-pumped Nd:Glass slab amplifier named PAMDAM (Pseudo Active Mirror Disk Amplifier Module) with a large diameter of 170mm, paving the way toward high-rep rate kJ beam. Its liquid-cooled slab design enables a[…]

“Adaptive optics showed me how physics, computation, and engineering can merge – now we’re taking that integration to the next level” Meet Jonas Ohland, a laser physicist at GSI/FAIR, who is exploring how to make operating high-power lasers simpler, more stable and much more scalable with his newly funded[…]

As part of WP5 of THRILL on advanced laser beam control, the deliverable D5.3: Design of an adjustable beam focusing system for PW lasers has been published. This study focuses on the design and validation of a three-mirror telescopic zoom system using spherical mirrors to meet the stringent optical[…]