Quick Shot

Research Associate Steven Ivancic is shown at the target chamber securing the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrometer to the Multi-Terawatt (MTW) laser target chamber. Its nose cone can be seen inside the target chamber. The EUV spectrometer measures emission from targets rapidly heated by the subpicosecond MTW pulse. This is part of the activation of the EUV Spectrometer project and the second-harmonic–generation project on the MTW. This spectrometer was funded by a Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences grant to study the energy flow in solid-density materials.