JRM Lab

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Director: Lew Cocke
University: Kansas State University
Homepage: http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/

Cardwell Hall, home of the JRM Lab at Kansas State University

The James R. Macdonald Laboratory at Kansas State University is dedicated to the study of atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics. We have eight graduate faculty members conducting experimental work and three dedicated to theoretical work. There are also four research professors, about a dozen post-docs and about 20 graduate students assisting at any given time.

The JRM Lab has extensive facilities. Traditionally we have done ion-atom collision physics using our Tandem Van de Graaff and superconducting linac, along with both ECR and EBIS ion sources. More recently, we have added an ultrafast, high-intensity laser facility for studying the fastest dynamics of matter under the influence of strong fields, and two new optical metrology laboratories.