SGER: Coherent Phase Control of Complex Systems

在由化学学部实验物理化学项目和物理学部原子、分子和光学物理项目资助的探索性研究小额基金（SGER）中，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校的Robert Gordon教授和他的研究生将主要研究使用相干控制技术熔化和烧蚀凝聚相材料。额外的工作将集中在使用相干控制技术来选择性地破坏多原子分子的键。使用定制的超快激光脉冲仔细控制材料的熔化和烧蚀的能力可能允许创造具有广泛用途的有趣材料。一些可能性包括为组织工程创造支架，在复杂混合物中选择性消融特定化合物，以及在激光手术中小心控制对组织的破坏。除了拟议研究的更广泛的科学影响外，PI还将继续培养实验化学物理方面的本科生、研究生和博士后。

In this Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER), funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division and the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Program of the Physics Division, Prof. Robert Gordon of the University of Illinois at Chicago and his graduate research students will principally investigate using coherent control techniques to melt and ablate condensed phase materials. Additional work will concentrate on using coherent control techniques to selectively break bonds in polyatomic molecules.The ability to carefully control the melting and ablation of materials with tailored ultrafast laser pulses may allow the creation of interesting materials with a wide variety of uses. Some possibilities include the creation of scaffolds for tissue engineering, the selective ablation of specific chemical compounds in complex mixtures, and the carefully controlled destruction of tissue in laser surgery. In addition to the broader scientific impacts of the proposed research, the PI will continue to train a diverse group of undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students in experimental chemical physics.