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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

attosecond pulse generation, Raman, visible regime

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

From May through August I had the privilege of traveling to Tsing Hua National University in Taiwan to work in the lab of Professor Andy Kung and associates. The Office of Creative Research awarded me a grant to help cover travel and living expenses. The purpose of our research is to create a laser capable of recording ultra fast molecular phenomena. In order to resolve these ultra fast processes it is necessary to create a tunable light source with which we can illuminate the object on a time scale which is faster than its motion. Many atomic relaxations probed using spectroscopic techniques oscillate on the atto-second time scale. Producing a laser with pulse durations on this time scale composed of wavelengths centered in the visible regime is a long sought goal of laser physicists.

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