Acquisition of an Optical Parametric Oscillator Laser System

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划和主要研究仪器(MRI)计划颁发的这一奖项将帮助田纳西大学化学系获得光学参量振荡器激光系统。该设备将加强以下领域的研究：(1)双电荷阴离子的激光光解离研究；(2)金属薄膜的生长、结构和动力学研究；(3)表面详细的电子性质研究；(4)原子尺度上的变化研究。激光可以提供有关化学反应的重要信息。它的使用可能使我们对分子的反应性和非反应性的性质的理解有所突破。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program and the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at University of Tennessee to acquire an optical parametric oscillator laser system. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: (1) studies of laser photodetachment of a doubly charged anion, (2) the growth, structure, and dynamics of thin metal film, (3) detailed electronic properties of surfaces and (4) changes on an atomic scale. A laser can provide important information about chemical reactivity. Its use may enable breakthroughs in our understanding of the properties of reactivity and non-reactivity of molecules..