Charles Fehrenbach

My main responsibility is the maintenance and operation of the PULSAR ultrafast laser facility. This facility allows multiple faculty, students, and visitors to share a state-of-the-art femto-second laser system to make studies in the interactions of high-intensity, short duration light pulses with atomic and molecular targets. The duties include developing instruments and methods to stabilize and characterize the performance of the laser. My other research responsibility is to run an ion source for producing low energy beams of atomic/molecular ions for experiments. This facility is used both for the study of laser-induced dissociation/ ionization of molecular ions. I also serve as the lab's safety/laser safety officer with duties that include specifying and maintaining safety equipment and standard operating procedures for lab personnel.