Education and Research - Colorado State University
Research
Laser and optics research at Colorado State University is a multidisciplinary effort involving the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry. Research ranges from engineering novel lasers with output wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV— λ=5-50 nm) and EUV application test beds for nanoscience and nanotechnology, to using femtosecond light pulses to manipulate and control atoms and molecules, to investigating vibrational relaxation dynamics in chemical reactions. In the midst of this scope fall a number of activities related to optoelectronic devices and their applications in optical sensors, as well as the implementation of sophisticated laser spectroscopy and advanced imaging methods for single molecule and DNA detection, for laser-cooling techniques to study atomic gas Bose-Einstein condensates, and for implementing single-atom-on-demand source for silicon quantum computers. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is home to the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology (NSF EUV ERC). The goal of this center, which also involves the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of California Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, is to engineer novel tabletop sources of EUV light, compelling applications ranging from imaging to spectroscopy.
Education
CSU places a special emphasis on optics and lasers. This field of study is one of two specialized concentrations (the other is computers) that undergraduates can elect within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Accordingly, a number of elective courses are available in this area, including optical electronics, experiments in optical electronics, general and advanced optics, Fourier optics, laser fundamentals, semiconductor devices, fiber optic communications, nanophotonics, and ultrafast phenomena. Many of these courses are at a level appropriate for seniors or beginning graduate students. In addition, CSU offers specialized advanced courses in EUV science and technology, plasma physics, and x-ray lasers. A Certificate in Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology is offered through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Research experiences for undergraduates during the summer and throughout the year for CSU students are an integral part of the education program.
Contact
NSF Engineering Research Center for Extreme UV Science & Technology
B312 Engr. Res. Center -
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
(970) 491-6796
Randy Bartels (970) 491-1464 Randy.Bartels@ColoState.EDU
Ultrafast optics and lasers, molecular optoelectronics, extreme ultraviolet lasers, ultrafast laser-based sensors, and learning control.
Diego Krapf (970) 491-4255 Diego.Krapf@ColoState.EDU
Single-molecule biophysics experiments at the nanometer scale; novel nanoscale devices such as solid-state nanopores, imaging tools for single-molecule tracking, and nanomanipulation instruments like optical tweezers.
Kevin Lear (970) 491-0718 Kevin.Lear@ColoState.EDU
Vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers; fiber optic data communications; and compound semiconductor device growth, fabrication, characterization, and applications.
Siu Au Lee (970) 491-6389 SiuAu.Lee@ColoState.EDU
Laser manipulation of atoms for atom interferometry and nanolithography, precision laser tests of fundamental theories.
Nancy Levinger (970) 491-1331 Nancy.Levinger@ColoState.EDU
Time-resolved spectroscopy of vibrational relaxation dynamics in chemical reactions; spectroscopy; solvation dynamics and chemical reaction dynamics at interfaces between condensed phases.
Mario Marconi (970) 491-8299 Mario.Marconi@ColoState.EDU
Short wavelength lasers, nanoimaging and nanopatterning in the extreme ultraviolet.
Carmen Menoni (970) 491-5557 Carmen.Menoni@ColoState.EDU
Nanoimaging and nanopatterning in the extreme ultraviolet; optical coatings for high-power lasers.
Chiao-Yao (Joe) She (970) 491-6261 joeshe@lamar.colostate.edu
Laser techniques for atmospheric measurements.
Jacob Roberts (970) 491-0578 Jacob.Roberts@ColoState.EDU
Atomic gas Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs), and laser cooling.
Jorge Rocca (970) 491-8371 Jorge.Rocca@ColoState.EDU
Short wavelength lasers, soft x-ray lasers, application of soft x-ray lasers, and soft x-ray optics.
Alan Van Orden (970) 491-6286 Alan.Van_Orden@ColoState.EDU
Single molecule spectroscopy and time resolved laser spectroscopy.
