Conference: Basic Research Needs Workshop on Laser Technology

该奖项支持2023年激光技术基础研究需求研讨会以及研讨会报告的编写。该研讨会由美国能源部科学办公室、美国国家科学基金会和美国国防部共同主办。该研讨会旨在评估实现高影响力激光技术科学研究和应用所需的研究和开发，并提供一个时间表，表明何时需要研究和开发成果来支持美国的研究计划。2023年激光技术基础研究需求研讨会的任务是：确定一系列可以通过激光技术解决的关键科学挑战及其创造的应用机会；评估应对挑战和实现应用所需的激光技术关键需求；确定当前激光能力（当前最先进）与每种情况下所需性能之间的技术差距；确定具有强大相互作用的领域参与的联邦机构之间的利益-确定与行业有强烈共同利益的领域，包括供应链问题；评估哪些研发投资有望产生最大影响——确定当前和预期的劳动力发展问题和潜在的缓解策略——评估拟议的美国研发活动与全球努力相比如何。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智力进行评估，被认为值得支持优点和更广泛的影响评审准则。

This award supports the 2023 Basic Research Needs Workshop on Laser Technology and the preparation of the resulting workshop report. The workshop is co‐sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense. The workshop is intended to assess research and development needed to enable high‐impact scientific research and applications of laser technology and provide a timeline indicating when the research and development outcomes are needed to support the U.S. research program.The 2023 Basic Research Needs Workshop on Laser Technology has been charged with - Identifying a set of key scientific challenges that can be addressed with laser technology and the application opportunities they create- Assessing the critical needs in laser technology needed to address the challenges and enable the applications- Identifying technical gaps between present laser capabilities (current state-of-the-art) and the performance required in each case- Identifying areas of strong mutual interest across participating federal agencies- Identifying areas of strong mutual interest with industry, including supply chain concerns, and ways to foster public-private partnerships to address them- Assessing which research and development investments are expected to have the highest impact- Identifying present and anticipated workforce development concerns and potential mitigation strategies- Assessing how the proposed U.S. research and development activities compare with the global effortsThis 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.