Atomic Molecular & Optical Physics and Quantum Information & Optics
Overview
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics and Quantum Information & Optics is pursued within the Department of Physics and covers a wide range of theoretical and experimental research in low energy studies of atomic and molecular materials often using laser, optical, phonon, and electrical excitation and subsequent spectroscopic analysis of the resultant response.
Faculty research includes optical induced energy transfer in surface plasmas and nanoparticles, unique optical wavelength processing in digital holography, solid state laser spectroscopy, optical nonlinear optics, laser remote sensing of the atmosphere, laser detection of organics in water, laser ablation in thin film deposition and optical process diagnostics, nanostructures for opto-electronics, laser assisted fiber optic crystal growth, and high-resolution molecular optical absorption research for laser sensor applications.
Theory and computational analysis are also conducted to complement the experimental research, including development of computer codes to model laser transmission through the atmosphere, and computational algorithms to model the deconvolution of a multi-wavelength digital hologram for 3-D bio-image reconstruction.