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Our Team
Advisor
"El Guapo"
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Professor Linn Van Woerkom
B.S., University of Southern California, 1982
M.A., University of Southern California, 1984
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1987
Professor Van Woerkom is the head of an Atomic, Molecular,
and Optics (AMO) group at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. His
group studies ultra fast, high intensity laser/matter interactions.
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Post Docs
Graduate Students
"CyberPatch"
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Patrick Randerson
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
M.S., The Ohio State University, 2002
Pat is a graduate student, currently attempting to observe
fluorescence of biological systems using time resolved photon counting.
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"Rap"
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Richard Patterson
B.S., Florida State University, 2000
Richard is studying the Above-Threshold Ionization of Magnesium using
Time-of-Flight techniques. He is
also working on using software and hardware to assign each particle
detected to the corresponding laser pulse intensity.
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"Distruction"
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Dustin Offermann
B.S., Seattle University, 2002
Dustin is a graduate currently working on the design and construction
of a 10Hz, > 10^19 W/cm^2 laser system. With this laser, he intends
to conduct experiments in the fields of high intensity mater interactions
and plasma physics in collaboration with the Rick Freeman Group.
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Graduate Students in The Freeman Group
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Kerry Highbarger
B.S., ______________________________________, _______
Kerry is a graduate student working for Richard Freeman.
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Kerry Krauter
B.S., ______________________________________, _______
Kerry is a graduate student working for Richard Freeman.
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Rebecca Weber
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2004
Becky is a graduate student working for Richard Freeman.
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Undergraduate Student
"Burger"
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Tom Weisgarber
Undergraduate, The Ohio State University
Tom is an undergraduate who is currently working in collaboration with the
Rick Freeman group to design and build a 10Hz, >10^19 W/cm^2 laser system.
He is also working to design the reaction chambers with which to study
high intensity reactions and plasma physics.
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"Chico"
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Matthew Maeder
Undergraduate, The Ohio State University
Matt is an undergraduate who is currently studying concepts in pulse
compression, and attempting to construct an optical system which will
take us from 120fs at 800nm to less 10fs using Self Phase Modulation (SPM)
in hollow core fibers.
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"Head Phones"
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Tom Colvin
Undergraduate, The Ohio State University
Tom is an undergraduate member of the Rick Freeman group studying the
design of lasers and is currently helping to construct the 10Hz, >10^19 W/cm^2
laser to be used in future experiments.
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Past Students
"Norbubu"
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James Norby
Ph.D., Wyoming University, 1995
While working in the Van Woerkom Group, Dr. James Norby utilized a
multi-layer Ray mirror to image soft X-rays from plasmas. Currently, Dr.
Norby is a custom laser designer for Continuum.
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"Pedro"
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Peter Hansch
Vordiplom, Bonn University, 1992
M.S., The Ohio State University, 1995
MBA, The Ohio State University, 1997
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1997
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Dr. Peter Hansch developed and studied
the latest method of ultra fast, high intensity spectroscopy, Intensity
Selective Scanning (ISS). Dr. Hansch currently owns and manages his own
company, Executive
Graphics.
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"Sonbo"
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Son Evans
B.A., Berea College, 1990
M.S., The Ohio State University, 1994
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1997
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Dr. Son Evans studied High Order
Harmonic Generation (HOHG) in both atoms and molecules using ultra short,
high intensity light pulses. Currently Dr. Evans is a laser engineer at
Continuum.
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"Nandor"
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Mark Nandor
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1994
M.S., The Ohio State University, 1997
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Dr. Nandor obtained high resolution
(in kinetic energy and intensity) argon photoelectron spectra, and compared
these to single electron argon calculations developed by Dr. Harm Geert
Muller, of FOM. Currently, he is teaching mathematics at The
Wellington School.
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"Bullfrog"
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Ryan Barnett
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2000
While with the Van Woerkom Group as an undergraduate, Ryan Barnett
studied Frequency Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) and the photoelectron
spectra of argon with super high intensity light pulses. Currently,
he is pursuing a Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University.
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"Kat"
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Katharina Christandl
Vordiplom, Bonn University, 1998
M.S., The Ohio State University, 2000
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Kat developed a grating-stabilized
tunable diode laser system that was used in conjunction with a mode-locked
Ti:Sapphire laser for manipulation and control of atomic transitions in
rubidium atoms. Currently, she is with the Lafyatis group studying
the cooling and trapping of atoms.
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"Tater"
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Matthew Whitaker
B.S., Bridgewater College, 1999
M.S., The Ohio State University, 2001
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Matt developed a novel technique
for the spectral and temporal characterization of short laser pulses in
the 1 to 2 micron wavelength range. Currently, he is a Laboratory
Technician at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, contracted by Anteon Corporation.
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"Sooz"
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Susan Randerson
B.M.E., The Ohio State University, 2002
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Susan worked as an admistrative assistant
and house mother. Currently she is the program coordinator for the
K-12 science education program run by the physics department of OSU and
funded by the NSF.
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"Tink"
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James Campbell
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2002
While with the Van Woerkom Group, James studied the planning,
design and construction of various electronic and optical systems.
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"Bulldog"
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Glen Gillen
B.S., Denison University, 1994
M.S., Miami University, 1996
M.A.T., Miami University, 1997
M.S., The Ohio State University, 2001
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2002
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Dr. Glen Gillen studied
the photoionization of magnesium atoms through the analysis of ion yields
and photoelectron spectroscopy for various laser field intensities, ellipticities,
carrier frequencies and angular orientations. Currently, he is an
Electro-Optic Engineer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, contracted by
Anteon Corporation.
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"Moon"
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Mark Walker
B.S., Mount Union College, 1993
M.S., The Ohio State University, 1998
Mark is the senior graduate student, currently studying
photoelectron spetra and ion yields of diatomic molecules.
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"Shalini"
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Shalini Sitaraman
B.S., St. Xavier's College, 1998
M.S., University of Bombay, 2000
Shalini is graduate student that has recently joined the
Van Woerkom Group and is studying the fluorescence of biological systems.
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"Justin"
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Justin Cantley
Undergrad, Haverford College
REU, The Ohio State University, 2004
While with the Van Woerkom Group, Justin worked to automate data collection
in an effort to more accurately measure the intensity of each laser pulse.
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Page created by LVW Group. Last updated August 25, 2004.
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