MIT Laser Research Facility

本次续约奖励，由各司参与， 化学、材料研究、物理和生物 为麻省理工学院激光研究所提供的仪器和资源 该设施将为13个化学和 物理系。一些新的合作研究 项目将启动。 在物理化学中，这些包括 调制光谱技术的发展， 应用于二维光学光谱学和自由 自由基检测;单重态和三重态分子的探索 高激发水平下的潜在表面;以及碰撞 涉及振动激发大气物种的过程。 基础物理学研究将包括原子-腔量子 电动力学与里德堡量子混沌的探索 原子的 在材料科学中，量子微晶， 表面功能化的量子粒子， 将研究聚合物膜的性质。 研究 酶模型系统，包括甲烷单加氧酶和 核糖核苷酸还原酶和光的机制 光合作用和视色素的转导将是 生物化学和无机化学的研究重点。 所有 这些项目需要高分辨率，多激光， 和/或设施提供的超快脉冲设备。 %%% 该设施还为学生提供实践经验 以及高级光谱技术的培训的 研究人员的互动导致新的合作 和研究项目，如果没有 该设施

This renewal award, with participation by the Divisions of Chemistry, Materials Research, Physics and Biological Instrumentation and Resources made to the MIT Laser Research Facility will provide core support for thirteen Chemistry and Physics faculty. A number of new collaborative research projects will be started. In physical chemistry, these include development of modulated-spectroscopy techniques, with application to two dimensional optical spectroscopy and free radical detection; exploration of singlet and triplet molecular potential surfaces at high levels of excitation; and collision processes involving vibrationally excited atmospheric species. Fundamental physics studies will include atom-cavity quantum electrodynamics and explorations of quantum chaos in Rydberg atoms. In materials science, quantum crystallites, surface-functionalized quantum particles, and acoustic properties of polymer films will be investigated. Studies of enzyme model systems, including methane monooxygenase and ribonucleotide reductase, and the mechanisms of light transduction in photosynthesis and visual pigments will be the focus of research in biological and inorganic chemistry. All of these projects require the high resolution, multiple-laser, and/or ultrafast-pulse equipment provided by the facility. %%% This facility also provides students with hands-on experience and training in advanced spectroscopic techniques. The interaction of the investigators leads to new collaborations and research programs which would not exist in the absence of the facility