Our team members report from Pittcon 2008 conference about applications of femtosecond lasers discussed during the conference
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy in Honor of James D
Winefordner
Thursday, March 6, 2008
8:30 a.m., Room 245
Organizer:
Ben Smith, University of Florida
Speakers:
8:30 Plasmonics and SERS: Applications and Potential in Biomedical Diagnostics
TUAN VO-DINH, Duke University
8:50 Laser Ablation ICP-MS with Femtosecond Lasers KAY NIEMAX, ISAS
9:10 ETV Can Add Another Dimension to Your ICPMS JAMES A HOLCOMBE, University of
Texas, Austin
9:30 The Fundamental Role of Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Analytical Chemistry
EDWARD VOIGTMAN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9:50 Recess
10:05 Limit of Quantitation in Atomic Spectrometry: An Unambiguous Concept?
JEAN-MICHEL MERMET, Spectroscopy Forever
10:25 Fundamental Advances in Atomic Spectrometry GARY M HIEFTJE, Indiana
University, George Chan
10:45 New Fundamental Studies in ICP Mass Spectrometry ROBERT HOUK, Ames Lab US
DOE
11:05 Open Discussion
Related Del Mar Photonics producst
Femtosecond Lasers
Trestles femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser
Trestles Finesse femtosecond
Ti:Sapphire laser with integrated DPSS pump laser
Teahupoo Rider femtosecond amplified
Ti:Sapphire laser
Mavericks femtosecond
Cr:Forsterite laser
Tamarack femtosecond fiber laser (Er-doped
fiber)
Buccaneer femtosecond OA fiber laser (Er-doped
fiber) and SHG
Cannon Ultra-broadband light source
Tourmaline femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser
Chata femtosecond Cr:ZnSe laser (2.5 micron) coming soon
Phonics West 2008: applications of femtosecond
lasers
High Power Femtosecond Laser Systems
Cortes 800 tabletop 40 TW
Ti:Sapphire laser system
Cortes E - High vacuum
laser ablation/deposition system with 2 TW Ti:Sapphire laser
Cortes K - femtosecond seed laser
for Petawatt KrF excimer laser
Cortes O 200TW femtosecond laser - KD*P CPOPA based
amplifier system
Jaws femtosecond Cr:forsterite
Multi-Terawatt Amplified Laser
High-vacuum system for laser
ablation/deposition
Femtosecond pulse measurement instrumentation
Reef scanning and single shot
femtosecond autocorrelators
Avoca SPIDER -
Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER)
Rincon third order femtosecond
cross-correlator (third order autocorrelator TOAC) also referred to as
contrastmeter
Ultrafast Dynamics Research Tools
Beacon femtosecond fluorescence
up-conversion (optical gating) spectrometer
Hatteras Ultrafast Transient
Absorption Spectrometer
Femtosecond Systems and Accessories
Femtosecond Micromachining
Femtosecond nanophotonics
Femtosecond NSOM
Pacifica femtosecond fiber laser based
terahertz spectrometer
Pismo pulse picker (ultrafast
electro-optical shutter)
Wavelength conversion:
second and third harmonics generators for femtosecond lasers
Jibe white light continuum generator
Kirra Optical Faraday Rotators and
Isolators
Laser accessories
Diffractive Variable Attenuator for high power lasers
Deformable mirrors - active
elements for adaptive optics systems
ShaH - the family of fast,
accurate and reliable wavefront sensors
Complete adaptive optics systems
Faraday rotators and isolators for high-power
(up to 1kW) laser beams
SAM - Saturable Absorber Mirrors
PCA - Photoconductive antenna for terahertz
applications
Passive Q-switches based on Co2+:ZnS,
Cr2+:ZnS and Cr2+:ZnSe
Lithium Niobate Q-switches
Lithium Tantalate Q-switches
Optics from A to Z
Axicons
BaF2 (Barium Fluoride) components
BBO (Beta Barium Borate) crystals
Ge (Germanium) optical components
YAG:RE crystals and laser rods
LiF (Lithium Fluoride) optical components
Lithium Niobate wafers - high quality non-linear
optical substrate: Diam 2", 1 mm thick -
diam 2", 500 micron thick
Rutile (TiO2) coupling prisms