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.
P. 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.