Ultrafast Laser Interaction Processes for LIBS and Other Sensing Technologies

Abstract

The overall objective of this MURI program is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the interaction of ultrafast femtosecond laser pulses with matter, with specific reference to the detection of trace elements of materials by techniques such as LIBS and Raman spectroscopy. The UCF team forms the core effort for this MURI, and is concentrating on femtosecond (and nanosecond) LIBS interaction science, self-channeling of femtosecond laser radiation and standoff detection techniques, trace explosives detection, chemometrics and plasma modeling. The other members of the MURI bring key areas of expertise to the program. University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL-Dennis Alexander) in femtosecond LIBS, nanoparticles and fundamental interactions, University of California, Berkeley (UCB-Samuel Mao) in theory and experiments in the early stages of femtosecond laser materials interaction, Johns Hopkins University (JHU-Paul Dagdigian) in kinetics theory and LIBS spectroscopy, and Florida A&M University (FAMU-Lewis Johnson) in femtosecond and ns LIBS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2013
Accession Number
ADA575603

Entities

People

  • C. E. Brown
  • Caitlin Rinke
  • Candice Bridge
  • Cheonha Jeon
  • Danielle Simmons
  • James S. Martin
  • Kahn Lim
  • Lionel Gigant
  • Mark Koehler
  • Martin Richardson
  • Matthew B. Fisher
  • Matthew Chun
  • Matthew Weidman
  • Matthieu Baudelet
  • Michael Sigman
  • Santiago Palanco
  • Yuan Liu

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Energy Transfer
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Optics
  • Ultraviolet Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Directed Energy