Northrop Grumman Subsidiary Grows Record-Size Crystal for Fusion Laser Research

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra · Interesting Engineering · 2026-08-21

Interesting Engineering reports that Northrop Grumman subsidiary SYNOPTICS has successfully harvested a massive ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride crystal boule. This hardware will be shipped to Germany’s Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron to serve as the core light-amplifica

Interesting Engineering reports that Northrop Grumman subsidiary SYNOPTICS has successfully harvested a massive ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride crystal boule. This hardware will be shipped to Germany’s Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron to serve as the core light-amplifica