Brightest Light Initiative Workshop at the OSA headquarters on March 27-29, 2019

该奖项将为2019年3月27日至29日在华盛顿特区光学学会总部举行的2019年最亮光倡议（BLI）路径前进研讨会提供NSF支持。研讨会将分两部分进行，以确定(1)在前沿科学关键领域对强超快激光器的科学研究需求，以及(2)实现这些参数的技术研究需求，包括峰值功率、重复频率、脉冲持续时间、波长和可聚焦强度。讲习班报告将总结讲习班的调查结果，并就行动路线图提出前进道路建议。本次研讨会旨在：(i)阐明社区对2017年美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院报告《强超快激光的机遇：追求最亮的光》的回应；确定令人信服的科学、基础和应用研究机会，构成利用高强度激光在今后十年及以后产生高影响的优先研究方向；确定新的和升级的设备和激光能力，使科学能够引人注目，强调超越目前最先进水平的参数；（四）确定激光的研究和开发，以实现基础研究的超高强度和高重复率，以及应用所需的高平均功率。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides NSF support for the 2019 Brightest Light Initiative (BLI) Path-Forward Workshop to be held at the Optical Society headquarters in Washington, DC on March 27-29, 2019. The workshop will be organized in two tracks to define (1) the scientific research needs for intense ultrafast lasers emphasizing parameters beyond the current state of the art in areas critical to frontier science, and (2) the technology research needs to realize these parameters, including peak power, repetition rate, pulse duration, wavelength, and focusable intensity. A workshop report will summarize the findings of the workshop and recommend a path forward on a roadmap for action.This workshop will aim to: (i) Articulate a community response to the 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers: Reaching for the Brightest Light; (ii) Identify compelling science, fundamental and applied research opportunities constituting priority research directions that exploit high-intensity lasers leading to high impact over the next decade and beyond;(iii) Define new and upgraded facility and laser capabilities that will enable compelling science, emphasizing parameters beyond the current state of the art; and(iv) Identify laser research and development to realize both ultra-high intensities for basic research and high repetition rates, as well as high-average powers needed for applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.