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| Thomas
J. McIlrath |
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| Professor
Emeritus |
| Institute
for Physical Science and Technology |
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| Research Interests:
Professor Mcilrath's group studies the interaction of laser radiation
with matter with special emphasis on very high intensities and on
studies in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) and X-ray spectral regions.
Current topics include very high resolution vacuum ultraviolet laser
spectroscopy, laser cooling of atoms with pulsed radiation, nonlinear
interactions of laser radiation with gases and the generation of sub-picosecond
X-ray radiation in laser generated plasmas. The same group is developing
tools to study laser cooled atomic hydrogen. In separate experiments,
Dr. Mcllrath is developing pulsed X-ray sources of sub-picosecond
duration by creating solid density plasmas using short duration, high
intensity lasers. . |
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| Office: CSS
4253 |
| Phone: 301-209-3220 |
| Eddress: mcilrath
at aps.org |
| Homepage: http://www.ipst.umd.edu/Faculty/mcilrath.htm |
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