Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Pulsed Dye Amplifier and CW Dye Laser Upgrade

这项工程研究设备补助金将支持购买 能够产生窄线宽（100 MHz）或短线宽的设备 时间宽度染料激光脉冲。 特别地，脉冲染料放大器 (PDA)其将使得能够进行各种光谱分析， 涉及双原子分子的实验 新的VUV、UV或可见光激光器的候选者。 也是现有的CW染料 将激光器升级到窄线宽，扫描操作。 两 这些设备的项目将与现有的泵激光器 （PDA的激基缔合物，CW染料的AR+离子）以检查结构 通过光谱学：（1）稀有气体二聚体（对于潜在的反斯托克斯 真空紫外中的拉曼激光器）;（2）稀有气体氧化物;和（3）一碘化铅。 此外，实验设计，以探讨脉冲放大的 将进行量子阱半导体激光器。 本设备 将提高研究结构细节的能力 和潜在的新激光分子的化学行为，并开发新的 可调辐射源在真空紫外可见光，以及扩大 其他正在进行的研究的范围。

This Engineering Research Equipment Grant will support purchase of equipment capable of producing narrow linewidth ( 100 MHz) or short temporal width dye laser pulses. Specially, a pulsed dye amplifier (PDA) is sought which would enable a variety of spectroscopic experiments involving diatomic molecules that are attractive candidates for new VUV, UV or visible lasers. Also an existing CW dye laser will be upgraded to narrow linewidth, scanning operation. Both of these items of equipment will be coupled with existing pump lasers (excimer for the PDA, AR+ ion for the CW dye) to examine the structure via spectroscopy of: (1) rare gas dimers (for a potential anti-Stokes Raman laser in the VUV); (2) rare gas oxides; and (3) lead monoiodide. Furthermore, experiments designed to explore the pulsed amplication of quantum well semiconductor lasers will be conducted. This equipment will improve the ability to investigate the details of the structure and chemical behavior of potential new laser molecules and develop new sources of tunable radiation in the VUV to visible, as well as expand the scope of other on-going research.