Dr. Alan Burnham, KDP Section Leader in the Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, discusses how the KDP (potassium-dihydrogen-phosphate) crystals will be used to convert the frequency of the laser beam in National Ignition Facility (NIF). High school students will be able to perform some of the same experiments that were used to develop this technology which is essential to the operation of the worlds largest laser.

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