MRI: Acquisition of an Ultrafast Laser System for the Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications

该奖项为提高NSF-CREST光学科学与应用研究与教育中心(CREOSA)能力的设备提供资金。该中心于2006年9月在特拉华州立大学成立。该设备将用于一个项目，该项目旨在研究复杂样品，其特征是激光激发产生的大量物理效应：吸收、散射、加热、光化学效应、非线性光学效应等。将进行三种类型的实验：飞秒激光击穿光谱(飞秒激光击穿光谱)、新型多光子光热透镜(PTL)显微镜的研制和飞秒相干光子回波光谱。还计划进行超快激光技术及其在非线性光学和光谱学中的应用教学的独立项目。该项目涉及本科生和研究生在非线性激光光谱学方面的研究、教育和培训的紧密结合，特别强调扩大和促进未被充分代表的群体的参与。激光、激光光谱、非线性光学和现代光学课程目前作为CREOSA硕士和博士课程的核心课程授课。这些课程的教学将通过本提案中提到的最先进的高功率飞秒激光高分辨率光谱系统的培训和使用来丰富教学。

This award provides funds for equipment to enhance the capabilities of the NSF-CREST Center: Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications (CREOSA). This center was established in September 2006 at Delaware State University. The equipment will be used in a project which aims at studying complex samples characterized by the large number of physical effects that take place as a result of laser excitation: absorption, scattering, heating, photochemical effects, nonlinear optical effects and others. Three types of experiments will be done: femtosecond (fs) laser breakdown spectroscopy (fs-LIBS), the development of a novel multi-photon photothermal lens (PTL) microscope, and fs-coherent photon echo spectroscopy. Independent projects for teaching ultrafast laser technology and its applications in nonlinear optics and spectroscopy are also planned.The project involves a close integration of research, education and training in nonlinear laser spectroscopy of undergraduate and graduate students with special emphasis in broadening and promoting the participation of underrepresented groups. Courses on Lasers, Laser Spectroscopy, Non-linear Optics and Modern Optics are currently being taught as core courses of the MS and PhD programs of CREOSA. The teaching of these courses will be enriched by the training and the use of state of the art high power fs-laser high resolution spectroscopic system in education as mentioned in this proposal.