Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses
Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses
- Event time: 4:00pm until 5:00pm
- Event date: 4th November 2021
- Speaker: Prof Donna Strickland (University of Waterloo)
- Location: Swann Lecture Theatre, Swann Building, KB
Event details
This event is organised by the Edinburgh University Physics and Astronomy Society.
Professor Donna Strickland (Nobel laureate in Physics 2018) will give a talk titled 'Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses'.
Abstract
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 Gérard 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.
Attending the event
Attendance in person is limited. Those who can attend in person have been notified by Dr John Loveday.
Details to attend online via Zoom -
Topic: Donna Strickland’s talk
Time: Nov 4, 2021 03:50 PM London
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Our General Interest Seminars are an opportunity for distinguished speakers to present new research in physics and related areas. The material presented is suitable for undergraduate level upwards and all members of the School are welcome to attend..