Quick Shot

As part of their Ph.D. training at the University, graduate students and LLE Horton Fellows Kaitlin Wozniak (Optics) and Debbie Saulnier (ChE) were given a tour of the OMEGA EP Sources Bay by Senior Scientist Christophe Dorrer. Brittany Taylor, an engineer in the Materials Technologies Group, also participated in the tour. All collaborate with Senior Scientist Stephen Jacobs and Research Chemist Kenneth Marshall on the development of liquid crystal optics for use on the Omega Laser Facility. During the tour, special attention was given to OMEGA EP’s high-fluence apodizer for short-pulse operation and the programmable spatial-light modulator (PSLIM) for long-pulse operation.