Acquisition of a Femtosecond Laser System for Semiconductor Research and Photonics Education

有了材料研究仪器项目的这一奖项，匹兹堡大学将能够获得一种激光系统，这将是一个非常灵活的光子学研究系统。该系统将具有从近红外到紫外光的波长调谐、可变的重复频率和从100飞秒到皮秒的脉冲宽度变化，以及对某些波长的窄线宽恒定波选项。这种激光器将取代已过时的现有染料激光系统的大部分功能，并将提供新的光学功能，从而允许更大范围的实验。这些实验是匹兹堡大学半导体光子学领域正在进行的研究的一部分。该系统将对匹兹堡大学的本科生研究产生立竿见影的影响，因为随着新系统的推出，目前正在使用的染料激光系统将用于一个新的本科生高功率激光培训设施。该设施将是匹兹堡大学现有的光子学本科教育证书计划的一部分，该计划是通过过去的NSF计划创建的，并得到了NSF的持续支持。新的激光系统还将对研究生教育产生立竿见影的影响，因为新系统的主要用户将是研究生。%有了材料仪器研究计划的这一奖项，匹兹堡大学将能够获得一个非常灵活的激光系统，用于光子学研究。这种激光器将取代已过时的现有染料激光系统的大部分功能，并将提供新的光学功能，从而允许更大范围的实验。这些实验是匹兹堡大学半导体光子学领域正在进行的研究的一部分。该系统将对匹兹堡大学的本科生研究产生立竿见影的影响，因为随着新系统的推出，目前正在使用的染料激光系统将用于一个新的本科生高功率激光培训设施。该设施将是匹兹堡大学现有的光子学本科教育证书计划的一部分，该计划是通过过去的NSF计划创建的，并得到了NSF的持续支持。新的激光系统也将对研究生教育产生直接影响，因为新系统的主要用户将是研究生。

With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program the University of Pittsburgh will be able to acquire a laser system which would be a very flexible system for photonics research. This system will have wavelength tunability from the near-infrared to ultraviolet, variable repetition rate, and pulse width variable from 100 femtoseconds to picoseconds, plus a narrow linewidth constant-wave option for some wavelengths. This laser will be replace most of the functions of an existing dye-laser system which has become obsolete and will provide new optical functions which will allow a greater range of experiments. These experiments are part of the ongoing research at the University of Pittsburgh in the area of semiconductor photonics. This system would have immediate impact on undergraduate research at the University of Pittsburgh, because with the availability of the new system, the Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser system presently in use would be made available for a new undergraduate training facility for high-power lasers. This facility will be part of the existing Certificate in Photonics undergraduate education program at the University of Pittsburgh, created through a past NSF program and with continuing support from NSF. The new laser system would also have immediate impact in graduate education, because the primary users of the new system will be graduate students.%%%With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program the University of Pittsburgh will be able to acquire a laser system which would be a very flexible system for photonics research. This laser will be replace most of the functions of an existing dye-laser system which has become obsolete and will provide new optical functions which will allow a greater range of experiments. The experiments are part of the ongoing research at the University of Pittsburgh in the area of semiconductor photonics. This system would have immediate impact on undergraduate research at the University of Pittsburgh, because with the availability of the new system, the Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser system presently in use would be made available for a new undergraduate training facility for high-power lasers. This facility will be part of the existing Certificate in Photonics undergraduate education program at the University of Pittsburgh, created through a past NSF program and with continuing support from NSF. The new laser system would also have immediate impact in graduate education, because the primary users of the new system will be graduate students.