Stanford Free Electron Laser Materials Research: Picosecond Nonlinear Studies of Condensed Matter Systems

Abstract

The Stanford SCA/FEL is a powerful took which provides unique capabilities for conducting materials research. The FEL can be used to obtain information of fundamental importance on a wide variety of materials such as high temperature superconductors; semiconductors, including amorphous materials and multi quantum well structures; inorganic and organic crystals and glasses; biological materials, for example, hemoglobin, proteins, DNA, and membranes; surfaces and molecules on surfaces; polymeric solids and liquids. In all cases it is the unique operating characteristics of the SCA/FEL, providing single, high powered, picosecond pulses tunable across the IR spectrum, which makes it possible to probe matter with methods that have previously been impossible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245197

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Fayer

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amorphous Materials
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programs
  • Electrons
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency
  • High Temperature
  • High Temperature Superconductors
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Materials
  • Lasers
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Molecules
  • Semiconductors
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing