NSF-CGP Fellowship Program: Investigation of the Third- Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Crystalline Organic Materials

9402025 Van Keuren该奖项支持Edward Van Keuren博士在位于日本筑波的国家材料与化学研究所（NIMCR）固体化学实验室进行为期六个月的国外旅行。Van Keuren博士将与NIMCR的高级研究员Hiro Matsuda博士一起进行为期六个月的晶体有机材料三阶非线性光学特性的研究。要研究的晶体有机材料由于其潜在的大三阶光学效应，快速的时间响应以及作为理解分子结构/光学性质关系的基本物理的模型系统而引起了人们的兴趣。Van Keuren博士非常熟悉Matsuda博士正在进行的工作，他曾是NIMCR的研究员，由日本科学技术机构支持。NIMCR最近安装的光学测量系统代表了三阶光学过程中可用的最先进测量技术的广泛范围。此次合作将利用Van Keuren博士在光学系统和非线性光学测量方面的经验，以及NIMCR现有的合成和光学表征设施，以及参与的日本研究人员的专业知识。该奖项由日本基金会全球伙伴关系中心（CGP）在NSF-CGP科学奖学金计划的支持下资助。* * *

9402025 Van Keuren This award supports the foreign travel expenses for Dr. Edward Van Keuren to spend six months at the Solid State Chemistry Laboratory of the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (NIMCR) located at Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Van Keuren will be conducting research over a period of six months on third-order nonlinear optical properties of crystalline organic materials with Dr. Hiro Matsuda, a senior research investigator at NIMCR. The crystalline organic materials to be investigated are of interest due to their potentially large third-order optical effects, fast time responses and as model systems for understanding the basic physics of the molecular structure/optical properties relationship. Dr. Van Keuren is very familiar with the work being conducted by Dr. Matsuda, having been a fellow at NIMCR supported by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency. The optical measurement systems recently installed at NIMCR represent a broad spectrum of available state-of-the-art measurement techniques for third-order optical processes. The collaboration will utilize the experience of Dr. Van Keuren with optical systems and nonlinear optical measurements with the synthesis and optical characterization facilities available at NIMCR, along with the expertise of the participating Japanese investigators. The award is funded under the auspices of the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) of the Japan Foundation under the NSF-CGP Science Fellowship Program. ***