Acquisition of a Q-switched Neodimium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser and a Dye Laser System for Optical Materials Characterization

9601734 Pan A锁模掺钛蓝宝石激光系统将被菲斯克大学获得。脉冲激光系统将作为两种基本类型的激光和非线性光学材料的激发源：掺杂玻璃和II-VI化合物半导体。研究的现象包括稀土离子在玻璃中的发光寿命、量子点玻璃的非线性光学指标、掺杂玻璃和II-VI半导体的非线性光学响应和光限。所研究的现象与材料在非线性光学器件中的应用有关。该研究项目涉及本科生和硕士生。所提出的激光系统是菲斯克大学研究非线性光学材料的重要设备。这些研究成果在全光交换和高数据速率通信中具有重要的潜在应用价值。该仪器将加强和补充现有的表征光学和电子材料的能力。大学的教学计划将得到加强，因为少数族裔学生将获得使用激光和各种光学技术的经验。＊＊＊

9601734 Pan A mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire laser system will be acquired by Fisk University. The pulsed laser system will serve as excitation source for characterizing two basic type of laser and nonlinear optical materials: doped glasses and II-VI compound semiconductors. Phenomena to be studied include luminescence lifetimes of rare-earth ions in glasses, nonlinear optical indexes of quantum-dot glasses, and the nonlinear optical response of and optical limiting in doped glasses and II-VI semiconductors. The phenomena to be studied are relevant to the utilization of the materials in nonlinear optical devices. The research program involves undergraduate and masterOs degree students. %%% The proposed laser system is a major and essential equipment for the research on nonlinear optical materials at Fisk University. The outcome of such research has important potential applications to all optical switching and to high data rate communications. The instrumentation will strengthen and complement the existing capabilities for characterization of optical and electronic materials. The UniversityOs teaching program will be enhanced since underrepresented minority students will gain experience in using lasers and various optical techniques. ***