Quick Shot

The High School Summer Research Program begins its 24th year at LLE with 16 high school students investigating real-world problems while being supervised by scientists and engineers at the Laboratory. Shown is Aimee Owens along with her advisor, system scientist Tanya Kosc, at a liquid crystal circular polarizer (LCP). Tasked with identifying and testing possible degradation mechanisms, she is being shown the test fixture and technique for measuring the LCP’s in situ in the OMEGA Laser Bay.