Phoenix is a high-energy laser system featuring multiple laser front ends, pulsed power nodes, and target chambers for studying laboratory astrophysics at UCLA. Learn how researchers use NI technology to control, monitor, and diagnose the Phoenix laser system, which would otherwise be too complex and dangerous to operate manually. CompactRIO offers reliable, stand-alone operation of interlock, pulsed power, and laser systems, and LabVIEW helps them integrate hundreds of I/O channels throughout the lab and display information in a flexible, expandable software terminal system.
Derek Schaeffer, UCLA
