Division of Atomic Physics, Lund Institute of Technology (LTH)

Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden

• Introduction

  • Staff

• Basic Atomic Physics

  • Atomic physics with high-power laser radiation

    • High-order harmonic generation
    • X-ray-laser-related investigations
    • Hard X-rays from a laser-produced plasma - characterisation and applications
    • Emission spectroscopy of highly ionised species

  • Laser-spectroscopic investigations of atomic and ionic excited states in the short-wavelength region

    • Determination of radiative lifetimes in Rydberg sequences of different elements by time-resolved VUV laser spectroscopy
    • Ionic-state lifetime measurements for the analysis of space-telescope-observed stellar spectra
    • XUV spectroscopy

  • Laser spectroscopy in the visible

    • High-contrast transmission spectroscopy
    • Collisional processes studied with laser spectroscopy

  • Theoretical atomic physics

    • Program development and large-scale calculations
    • Astrophysical applications

  • References

• Applied Optics and Quantum Electronics

  • High-resolution microscopy

    • Soft X-ray microscopy
    • Trapped-particle optical microscopy

  • Photon echoes in rare-earth-ion-doped crystals

  • Diode laser spectroscopy

    • Vapour pressure measurements, a tool for water activity determination in solutions
    • Tomographic imaging of an oxygen flow
    • High-resolution absorption measurements
    • Construction of an extended-cavity diode laser

  • References

• Environmental Remote Sensing

  • Tropospheric ozone lidar

  • Measurements of gases of geophysical origin

  • Industrial and urban pollution measurements

  • Laser-induced fluorescence of vegetation and water

  • References

• Laser Applications in Medicine and Biology

  • Tissue diagnostics using laser-induced fluorescence

    • Experimental diagnostics
    • Human studies

  • Photodynamic therapy

  • Measurements of the optical properties of tissue with applications to medical diagnostics

  • Two-photon-excited fluorescence microscopy

  • Capillary electrophoresis

  • New techniques under development

  • References

• Industrial Applications

  • Applications of optical spectroscopy in the metallurgical industry

  • Optical spectroscopy of paper

    • The propagation of light in paper
    • Paper fluorescence

  • The physics of electric breakdown in dielectric liquids

    • Spectroscopic investigations of pre-breakdown phenomena in liquids
    • Correlation of light and current during the pre-breakdown phase
    • Imaging of the breakdown process

  • References

• Teaching Programme

  • Undergraduate teaching

    • Basic courses
    • Specialised courses
    • Master's Projects

  • Graduate teaching

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