Optics, Quasi-Optics and Quantum Electronics
Optical Science—The Physics Department at CSM features state-of-the- art, world-class optics laboratories. These facilities include the ability to generate and control waves spanning from the x-rays to the milllimeter wave regime. These sources are used to explore a broad-range of fundamental phenomena ( e.g., high intensity laser-matter interactions, molecular dynamics in biological systems and mesoscale phenomena) as well as applied technologies ( e.g., femtosecond micromachining, nonlinear optical microscopy, and materials characterization).
Charles G. Durfee
Laser physics and ultrafast optical phenomena.
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David Flammer
Computational electromagnetic theory
Frank Kowalski
Laser physics; frequency shifted feedback lasers and applications
of lasers to precision measurements.
John
A.Scales
Application of optical and RF techniques to materials
characterization. Wave propagation in random media; laser
ultrasonics; millimeter wave and ultrasonic spectroscopy. Remote
sensing, with applications to landmine detection. Mesoscopic
phenomena, including quantum chaos, amorphous materials and
nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.
Jeff Squier
Development of novel ultrafast laser sources; application of the
lasers to nonlinear microscopy and micromachining; development of
high- contrast, ultra-high intensity (>1020 W/cm2) lasers with
application to ultrafast x-ray diffraction and absorption and
high-field physics.