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OSA ‘Photo of the Year’, second place for Sven Weerdenburg

Our Phd student, Sven Weerdenburg made a photo of our high harmonic generation EUV light source which has made it to the 2nd place of Optica (OSA) ‘Photo of the Year’ contest.

EUV laser light that produce EUV and soft X-ray
A high-power femtosecond infrared laser focused into a pressurized Argon gas jet, leading to a plasma in which high-harmonic generation (HHG) occurs to produce coherent EUV and soft X-rays. —Sven Weerdenburg, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.

The other photo contest winners you can find here