POWRE: Resonantly Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization for Measurement of Radical-Surface Reactivities

这项由MPS多学科活动办公室(OMA)资助的女性在研究和教育中的职业机会(POWRE)计划的奖项支持科罗拉多州立大学的Ellen Fisher教授的研究和教育活动。这项研究旨在扩大PI实验室通过共振多光子电离检测(REMPI)检查血浆自由基物种的能力，并提供博士后支持。在国际和平研究所现有的设备中加入高频Nd：YAG激光将把她的研究计划推向一个全新的探索方向，研究等离子体化学的基础方面。通过POWRE计划提供的机会将增强费舍尔教授的研究潜力以及她对本科生、研究生和博士后科学家的教育指导。这项研究的结果将为那些为等离子体系统建模的人提供准确的数据。这项工作还可以通过改进等离子体处理方法来降低制造成本，从而对微电子工业和薄膜技术产生巨大的经济影响。

This award of the Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) program funded through the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) supports the research and educational activities of Professor Ellen Fisher of Colorado State University. The research aims to extend the capabilities of the PI's laboratory for examining plasma radical species by resonant multiphoton ionization detection (REMPI), and to provide postdoctoral student support. The incorporation of a high-frequency Nd:YAG laser into the PI's existing equipment would propel her research program into an entirely new and exploratory direction in studying fundamental aspects of plasma chemistry.The opportunity afforded through the POWRE program will enhance Professor Fisher's research potential as well as her educational mentoring of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scientists. The results of this research will provide accurate data for those who model plasma systems. This work could also have a large economic impact on the microelectronics industry and thin-film technology by providing improvements in plasma processing methods which reduce manufacturing costs.