The CMS Directorate provides the NIF Program with about 40 FTEs of assigned matrix support. Chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and chemical engineers in CMS work in an integrated fashion to develop and field optical materials for high peak power lasers. The CMS Directorate provides resources for Technology Development activities that benefit multiple Programs. These science and technology projects are intended to provide benefits that enhance CMS' ability to be responsive to the needs of the Laboratory as a whole and enhance the value of CMS' disciplinary staff to the Programs. Rapid crystal growth technology produces large potassium phosphate crystals.
Chemical engineer inspects a diffraction grating.