December 08 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine

Photo by Robb Kramer

Adjust and monitor

George Rodriguez of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies adjusts and monitors the argon gas pressure inside two-color plasma ionization gas cells. He does so as intense terahertz radiation is generated from the optical mixing of two ultrafast optical pulses in an ionized medium. Table-top ultrafast laser based plasma terahertz sources such as these are beginning to rival pulse energies previously obtainable only at large accelerator-based facilities.

Other Headlines

• An eye on the environment
• Making spirits bright
• Adjust and monitor
• Creating portals to science
• Detective files: Frank Naranjo
• My View: Listening to community leaders (Kurt Steinhaus)
• Kudos
• Notebook
• Our Goals: Lab closing out Security Compliance Order
• Spotlight: End of year wishes from the director