Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Victoria
$112,570.00
Low repetition rate Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO)
FY 2014-15
Summary
The request is for the replacement of an 12-year old 10 Hz Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) which is now completely dead; totally normal for its 12 years of age and very heavy use. This request is now most urgent.This new OPO would allow fundamental and exploratory research in the van Veggel group through his NSERC DG grant at $84,000 per year. An increasing number of experiments done by the van Veggel group are on nanomaterials that have non-linear properties, and therefore, depend on having an excitation source with an adequate output power (i.e. photon flux). This new OPO has the required photon flux and without this research programme is seriously compromised. It would mean for instance that the van Veggel group could advance its programme on the use of new colloidal nanoparticles for deep tissue maging because the science relies on a 2-photon excitation process. It would also allow the development of anisotropic colloidal quantum structures for quantum computing, cryptography, and deep-tissue imaging where time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements are essential. The requested OPO would make all such new physical chemistry possible.The Lipson group has embarked on a challenging program to unravel the intricacies of the ionizationprocess in MALDI -MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry). This requires a widely tunable laser from the ultraviolet to the visible and into the near-infrared, because the samples have to measured with different wavelength of light under otherwise exactly the same conditions. This new OPO would make such exciting research possible.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
472705-2015
Name nom
vanVeggel, Frank
Department département
Chemistry
Organization id
7
Institution établissement
University of Victoria
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
112570
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1504
Committee name en
Chemistry
Committee name fr
Chimie
Area of application code
1208
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Materials sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences des matériaux
Research subject code
3406
Research subject group en
Physical chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie physique
Research subject en
Photochemistry and photophysics
Research subject fr
Photochimie et photophysique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Low repetition rate Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO)
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The request is for the replacement of an 12-year old 10 Hz Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) which is now completely dead; totally normal for its 12 years of age and very heavy use. This request is now most urgent.This new OPO would allow fundamental and exploratory research in the van Veggel group through his NSERC DG grant at $84,000 per year. An increasing number of experiments done by the van Veggel group are on nanomaterials that have non-linear properties, and therefore, depend on having an excitation source with an adequate output power (i.e. photon flux). This new OPO has the required photon flux and without this research programme is seriously compromised. It would mean for instance that the van Veggel group could advance its programme on the use of new colloidal nanoparticles for deep tissue maging because the science relies on a 2-photon excitation process. It would also allow the development of anisotropic colloidal quantum structures for quantum computing, cryptography, and deep-tissue imaging where time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements are essential. The requested OPO would make all such new physical chemistry possible.The Lipson group has embarked on a challenging program to unravel the intricacies of the ionizationprocess in MALDI -MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry). This requires a widely tunable laser from the ultraviolet to the visible and into the near-infrared, because the samples have to measured with different wavelength of light under otherwise exactly the same conditions. This new OPO would make such exciting research possible.
