MRI/RUI: Acquisition of an Ultrafast Laser and Detection System for Optical Scattering Studies

该MRI奖提供资金购买超快脉冲激光和门控检测系统。 该集成系统将用于进行广泛的光散射调查，并将大大提高古斯塔夫·阿道夫学院以学生为中心的研究和研究培训计划。 这项研究既解决了基本的科学问题，也为重大的技术应用提供了非常现实的期望。 一种新的时间分辨光子相关光谱（TRPCS）技术将被完善，并探讨其适用范围。 这种技术将允许系统中的粒子动力学的调查，超出了可以成功地探测使用传统的光子相关方法的浓度范围。 学生共同研究者将参与研究的所有阶段，从最初的实验设置到研究结果的传播。

This MRI award provides funds to purchase an ultrafast-pulsed laser and gated detection system. This integrated system will be used to conduct an extensive array of light scattering investigations and will greatly enhance the student-centered research and research-training program at Gustavus Adolphus College. The research addresses both fundamental scientific questions as well as offering the very realistic expectation of significant technological application. A new time-resolved photon correlation spectroscopic (TRPCS) technique will be refined and its range of applicability explored. This technique will permit the investigation of particle dynamics in systems that are beyond the concentration range that can be successfully probed using traditional photon correlation methods. The student co-investigators will be involved in all phases of the research, from initial experimental setup through the dissemination of research results.