Opportunities of Lasers for Scalable Manufacturing of Solar Energy Devices

21 Aug 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Cheng

Production costs, module conversion efficiencies, and adoption in commercial rooftops continue to be the most critical issues for solar energy technology. The industry continuously seeks technologies …

https://nanohub.org/resources/15023

In Living Motion: Imaging Cellular Function in Live Tissues

21 Aug 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David D. Nolte

Subcellular motions inside live tissue are sensitive indicators of cellular health and cellular response to applied drugs. Digital holography volumetrically captures these motions in tissue dynamics …

https://nanohub.org/resources/14874

Shaping Ultrafast Laser Fields for Photonic Signal Processing

06 Jun 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

This talk will begin with a brief general introduction into ultrafast optics and then specifically address the topic of shaping ultrafast laser fields. Because the time scales involved are much too …

https://nanohub.org/resources/14066

ECE 616 Lecture 24: Soliton Effects in Mode-Locked Lasers with Fast Self-Amplitude-Modulation

26 Mar 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Related reading: Ultrafast Optics, 7.1.

https://nanohub.org/resources/13259

ECE 616 Lecture 8: Solid-State Laser Mode-Locking Including Phase Effects

04 Oct 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Related reading: Ultrafast Optics, 2.4 This online course is made available on nanoHUB.org by NSF grant ECCS-1102110, High Repetition Rate Photonic Frequency Combs and Applications.

https://nanohub.org/resources/12086

ECE 616 Lecture 7: Solid-State Laser Mode-Locking Using the Optical Kerr Effect

22 Sep 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Related reading: Ultrafast Optics, 2.4 This online course is made available on nanoHUB.org by NSF grant ECCS-1102110, High Repetition Rate Photonic Frequency Combs and Applications.

https://nanohub.org/resources/12070

ECE 616 Lecture 2: Laser Basics

30 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Related reading: Ultrafast Optics, 1.3 This online course is made available on nanoHUB.org by NSF grant ECCS-1102110, High Repetition Rate Photonic Frequency Combs and Applications.

https://nanohub.org/resources/11920

A Half Century of Nonlinear Optics

22 Mar 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert W. Boyd

In this talk, we first present a review of the development of the field of nonlinear optics, and we then survey some areas of recent research including quantum imaging and implications of the ability …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10994

Nano*High: X-rays, Lasers, and Molecular Movies

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Roger W. Falcone

X-ray imaging is an excellent method to make visible what would normally be invisible - who hasn't had an X-ray at the doctor or dentist's office before? At the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8294

"Ab Initio" Theory of Novel Micro and Nanolasers

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): A. Douglas Stone

While the laser is one of the most important inventions of the past century and one of the most interesting and controllable non-linear systems in physics, there is surprisingly little predictive …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4401

Silicon Photonics: Opportunity Challenges and Recent Results

02 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mario Paniccia

The silicon chip has been the mainstay of the electronics industry for the last 40 years and has revolutionized the way the world operates. Today a silicon chip the size of a fingernail contains …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3488

Hexagonal Prism Blue Diode Laser Using Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) Resonances

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sangho Kim

Semiconductor lasers have many important applications, including communication technologies, optical storage, printing, and molecular detection. The range of applications could be broadened …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3436