{"id":7,"date":"2020-08-18T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/chalifoux\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:55:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Lightweight Optics Lab (LOL), we&#8217;re building the knowledge and tools needed to make the next generation of lightweight optics a reality. Our work touches astronomy, the space economy, and high-energy lasers \u2014 with a focus on precision glass fabrication using ultrafast laser techniques like stress generation, chemical etching, and welding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-323\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/BC-Group-3-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-278\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/lol-hiking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1173\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/lol-hiking.png 1173w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/lol-hiking-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/lol-hiking-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2026\/05\/lol-hiking-768x580.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1173px) 100vw, 1173px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">LOL hike Mint Springs Trail on Mount Lemmon 9-20-25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Lightweight Optics Lab (LOL), we&#8217;re building the knowledge and tools needed to make the next generation of lightweight optics a reality. Our work touches astronomy, the space economy, and high-energy lasers \u2014 with a focus on precision glass fabrication using ultrafast laser techniques like stress generation, chemical etching, and welding. LOL hike Mint Springs Trail on Mount Lemmon 9-20-25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-slider.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/chalifoux\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}