This project focuses on the study of basic processes associated with the photorefractive effect in a novel class of inorganic nanocrystal: polymer nanocomposites. The proposed new class of materials holds promise in that ...

Surface spectroscopy is an important area of active research as it probes reactions and dynamics specific to interfaces. In the proposed research, both picosecond time and frequency resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy ...

A new method for the generation of inorganic: organic composites for Photonics using Laser Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy (LAMBE) will be developed. Photonics, which involves the use of photons to acquire, process, store ...

This project aims to study the dynamics of various steps relevant to the occurrence of the photorefractive effect in hybrid polymeric nanocomposites containing quantum dots. The investigations will target the mechanisms ...

This is an internationally collaborative project between the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) and the Center for Advanced Molecular Materials (CAMM) in ...

This project is aimed at determining the dynamics of third-order nonlinear optical processes in molecular and polymeric materials. Research to be undertaken will include: degenerate four-wave mixing and two-wave mixing ...

9526024 Prasad The research described in this proposal is designed to generate novel composite materials for photonics applications. Thin films of the proposed inorganic:organic hybrid materials will be fabricated via the ...

This project aims to study basic processes associated with the photorefractive effect in novel hybrid inorganic-nanocrystals containing polymer-dispersed-liquid-crystal nanocomposites, where the various necessary processes ...