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Colloquium - Marcos Dantus (Michigan State University) - Probing and Controlling Laser-Matter Interactions Using Ultrashort Shaped Pulses

Dr. Dantus
November 25, 2014
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
1080 Physics Research Building - Smith Seminar Room - reception at 3:45pm in the Atrium

Femtosecond pulses allow the unprecedented opportunity to probe matter on a timescale that is faster than atomic motion. The Dantus Research develops ultrashort pulsed sources to probe and control laser-matter interactions. This work touches on pulse characterization and compression, as well as measuring the dispersion of optical materials. The specific scientific challenges that will be addressed in this talk are (a) the coherent photophysical behavior of large molecules in solution; (b) nanoplasmonic dephasing in single, pairs, and chains of nanoparticles; and (c) strong field ionization and fragmentation of polyatomic molecules.