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Katzenstein Distinguished Physics Lecture, "Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses" , Katzenstein Distinguished Lecture Series4:00pm 9/23
Katzenstein Distinguished Physics Lecture, "Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses" , Katzenstein Distinguished Lecture Series
Friday, September 23rd, 2022
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus GW-002
Katzenstein Distinguished Physics Lecture
"Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses"
Dr. Donna Strickland
Nobel Laureate 2018
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Waterloo
With the invention of lasers, the intensity of a light wave was increased by orders of magnitude over what had been achieved with a light bulb or sunlight. This much higher intensity led to new phenomena being observed, such as violet light coming out when red light went into the material. After Gerard Mourou and I developed chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, the intensity again increased by more than a factor of 1,000 and it once again made new types of interactions possible between light and matter. We developed a laser that could deliver short pulses of light that knocked the electrons off their atoms. This new understanding of laser-matter interactions, led to the development of new machining techniques that are used in laser eye surgery or micromachining of glass used in cell phones.
Friday, September 23, 2022
4:00 p.m.
GW-002
Refreshments will be prior to the talk at 3:00 p.m. in the
Gant Science Complex Light Court
View the livestream: http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/ov4igContact Information: Prof. Nora Berrah
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