The JRM Photo Gallery:
Lasers

In the Fall of 2001 we remodeled the Long Room and added our new high-power ultra-fast pulse laser lab. Professor Zenghu Chang and Research Associate Bing Shan are assembling the "Kansas State Light Source" to allow us to do experiments in higher-order harmonic generation, photoionization and photon-atom interactions.

The photos below document to remodeling and initial installation of components in the new lab.

Each thumbnail below links to an image about 280 kB in size.

 

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The Long Room in October 1999.
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The old ceiling hatch gets insulated.
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Various shots of the general remodeling clutter...
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The new climate control equipment.
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With the Long Room now walled off, we have a hallway.
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The control and data acquisition area will be in the Control Room, shown here before the recarpeting.
 
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Bing Shan and Mike Wells assemble optical tables.
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Bing and Mike continue their work...
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The first lasers appear!
 
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Another view of the completed optical tables and the first lasers.
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About a week later, the overhead storage is in place, the lasers are multiplying and the spectrometer has arrived.
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The assembly continues...
 
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Don't forget to wear your safety goggles or you'll go blind!