Award Abstract #0216040
Acquisition of a solid-state pump laser for an ultrafast optics laboratory

NSF Org:	PHY Division of Physics
Initial Amendment Date:	August 5, 2002
Latest Amendment Date:	August 5, 2002
Award Number:	0216040
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Kathleen V. McCloud PHY Division of Physics MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	September 1, 2002
Expires:	August 31, 2005 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$98200
Investigator(s):	Andy Rundquist arundquist@gw.hamline.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Hamline University Snelling & Hewitt Avenues Saint Paul, MN 55104 651/523-2301
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 1292, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

This proposal provides funds for the purchase of a solid-state, frequency-stabilized, single-mode cw laser system that will have several applications within the context of an undergraduate research and education program. The laser will be used to pump a 12 femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser for the research purpose of probing and modifying collective motion of atoms in solids using shaped pulses, ultra-short pulses, and optical control feedback techniques based on genetic algorithms. The educational applications focus on optical trapping and acceleration of particles via a laser-tweezer technique, interferometry, and non-linear optics.

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