U.S.-Mexico Program: An Improved Z-Scan Technique

9724813范·斯特里兰这个美墨合作奖项将支持中佛罗里达大学的埃里克·范·斯特里兰教授与墨西哥恩塞纳达CICESE(恩塞纳达科学研究中心)应用物理部的Mehrda Mohebi教授进行研究合作。研究人员打算提高目前测量材料非线性折射和吸收系数的激光方法的灵敏度。这将使他们能够极大地扩大可用于非线性全光开关应用的材料的数量，具体地说，将开发一种计算机控制的、全自动的改进扫描技术，用于材料光学特性的常规测量。这项研究将把CICESE中心在非线性材料中模拟激光传播的专业知识与佛罗里达州的实验资源结合起来。这项研究的结果将立即适用于用于开发超快开关应用的有机材料的研究。***

9724813 Van Stryland This U.S.-Mexico award will support Prof. Eric Van Stryland of the University of Central Florida in a research collaboration with Prof. Mehrdad Mohebi of the Applied Physics Division of CICESE (Center for Scientific Research of Ensenada) in Ensenada, Mexico. The researchers intend to enhance the sensitivity of current laser methods for measuring both the non-linear refraction and absorption coefficients of materials. This will allow them to greatly expand the number of materials that can be studied for non- linear all-optical switching applications and, specifically, develop a computer controlled, fully automated improved scan techniques for routine measurement of optical properties of materials. The research will combine the CICESE Center's expertise in modeling propagation of laser beams in non-linear materials with experimental resources in Florida. The results from this research will have immediate applicability to the study of organic materials useful in the development of ultra-fast switching applications. ***