Development of Novel, Compact Light Sources for Advanced Spectroscopy in Atmospheric Science and Materials Research

为大气科学和材料研究中的高级光谱学开发新型紧凑光源

• 批准号: 9724500
• 负责人: Geoffrey Blake
• 金额: $ 33.3万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-10-01 至 2001-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9724500&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Novel; Compact; Light; Sources

This project develops new laser instrumentation, and is supported jointly by Atmospheric Sciences and Materials Science Research as part of the Major Research Instrumentation Program. Researchers are designing and building a multi-functional suite of nanosecond pulse-length optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) in collaboration with industrial partners. All participants have extensive experience in the application and construction of state-of-the-art light sources. The instruments will be shared among the group of university researchers for in situ studies of atmospheric radicals and greenhouse active gases, laboratory studies of critical atmospheric reactions, optical and infrared diagnostics of chemical vapor deposition, and characterization of solid earth minerals under extreme conditions. By developing the new laser systems, these investigators will enhance existing NSF-sponsored research, and explore and develop new interdisciplinary activities. The new laser instrumentation will transfer several of the proposers' recent inventions to the private sector through the participation of the industrial partners (i.e., Coherent, Spectra Physics, and Casix, Inc.). Licensing of both existing designs and newly developed instruments emerging from this partnership assists the rapid transfer of new laser technology to broader-based science and engineering. Finally, the project will enable graduate and undergraduate participation in several OPO instrument development subtasks, and further involve the students in novel applications to atmospheric science, cluster chemistry, thin film deposition, and solid earth materials. ATM-9724500

该项目开发了新的激光仪器，并由大气科学和材料科学研究共同支持，这是主要研究仪器计划的一部分。 研究人员正在与工业合作伙伴合作设计和建造纳秒脉冲光学参数振荡器（OPO）的多功能套件。 所有参与者在最先进的光源的应用和构建方面都有丰富的经验。 这些仪器将在大学研究人员组中共享，以对大气自由基和温室活动气体进行原位研究，关键大气反应的实验室研究，化学蒸气沉积的光学和红外诊断以及在极端条件下固体矿物质的表征。 通过开发新的激光系统，这些研究人员将增强现有的NSF赞助研究，并探索和开发新的跨学科活动。 新的激光仪器将通过工业合作伙伴的参与（即Cooherent，Spectra Physics和Casix，Inc。）将一些提议者的最新发明转移到私营部门。 从这种合作伙伴关系中获得的现有设计和新开发的工具的许可有助于将新的激光技术快速传输到更广泛的科学和工程。 最后，该项目将使研究生和本科参与多个OPO仪器开发子任务，并进一步使学生参与大气科学，集群化学，薄膜沉积和固体地球材料的新颖应用。 ATM-9724500