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

该奖项为设备提供资金，以提高NSF-CREST中心的能力：光学科学和应用研究和教育中心（CREOSA）。该中心于2006年9月在特拉华州州立大学成立。该设备将用于一个旨在研究复杂样品的项目，这些样品的特点是由于激光激发而产生大量物理效应：吸收、散射、加热、光化学效应、非线性光学效应等。三种类型的实验将完成：飞秒（fs）激光击穿光谱（fs-LIBS），一种新型的多光子光热透镜（PTL）显微镜的发展，和fs相干光子回波光谱。还计划开展超快激光技术及其在非线性光学和光谱学中的应用的独立教学项目，该项目涉及对本科生和研究生进行非线性激光光谱学的研究、教育和培训，特别强调扩大和促进代表性不足的群体的参与。激光，激光光谱学，非线性光学和现代光学课程目前正在教授CREOSA的MS和博士课程的核心课程。这些课程的教学将通过培训和使用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来丰富。

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.