Muri Fs LIBS
This program is driven by the impact a comprehensive understanding of the interaction of intense ultra-short laser with matter will have on the use of Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for point-source, man-portable and stand-off detection of chemical and biological agents, explosives like IED’s and suicide belts, and other threats. This technique has up to now relied largely on conventional (ns) pulsed lasers, since they are available in compact, rugged packages at reasonable cost. Femtosecond lasers, at present complex, costly and immobile, have not for the most part been considered practical for LIBS. However new generations of compact, modular efficient ultrafast fiber, diode or thin-disc lasers are on the horizon.
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Participants
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Laser Plasma Laboratory, College of Optics & Photonics, CREOL
University of Central Florida, 4000, Central Florida Blvd, Orlando 35816-2700
Tel: 407 823 6819
Fax 407 823 6880
Email: mcr@creol.ucf.edu
In collaboration with Co-Investigators
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Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Tel:402 472 3091
Email: dalexander1@unl.edu
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Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Tel: (410) 516 8420
Email: pjdagdigian@jhu.edu
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Department of Physics, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Tel: 850 599 8456
Email: lewis@cennas.nhmfl.gov
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Department of Chemistry & Assistant Director National Center for Forensic Science
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
Tel: (407) 823 6469
Email: msigman@mail.ucf.edu
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US Army Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Tel (410) 278 6108
Email: nusca@arl.army.mil
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA Tel (510) 486-4258
Email: rerusso@lbl.gov
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Dept Electr. Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CAN Tel: (780) 492 5330
Email: rfed@ee.ualberta.ca
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Ocean Optics Inc., Winter Park, FL Tel: 407 673 0041
Email: royw@oceanoptics.com
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
The MURI group would like to recognize and congratulate:
Dr. Paul J. Dagdigian
2007 Maryland Chemist of the Year
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