Lasers can do big jobs like cutting metal or little jobs such as severing links in microcircuits.
"Lasers, Magic Wavelengths and Pulsewidths" is the topic of a discussion from 4:30-5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18 at the Cerent Engineering Science Complex in Salazar 2009A.
The event is part of the Engineering Science lecture series sponsored by the Agilent Technologies Foundation through the SSU-Agilent Partnership Program.
Dr. William Mark Grossman, Director of Research and Development of the Commercial Lasers Business Unit at JDS Uniphase Corporation, leads the discussion in what makes a wavelength magic, how selected wavelengths and pulse widths came into use, and where the next magic wavelengths may be found.
At Lightwave, Grossman developed infrared and ultraviolet lasers. Semiconductor manufacturers use these lasers in making the majority of the world's semiconductor memory chips. Prior to joining JDSU and Lightwave, Grossman was a Member of the Technical Staff at the Hewlett Packard Labs in Palo Alto where he developed laser processing techniques for semiconductor applications.
A reception will be held prior to the lecture from 4-4:30 p.m. A Q&A session follows from 5:15-5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Jagan Agrawal, Director of the Engineering Sciences Program at Sonoma State University, at (707) 664-4438.
