光子科学是当今世界最重要的前沿科研领域之一。它不仅产生了众多的诺贝尔奖,还催生了量子科学的诞生。为
了纪念光子科学对人类的重大贡献,联合国将 2015 年命名为国际光年。在中国,投资 50 亿的北京高能光源和投资
100 亿的上海光源、以及投资 40 亿的北京超快激光设施都已进入工程建设,预计 2025 年这些重大科研设施将投入使
用进行科学研究。本课程对光子科学的基础理论及测量原理进行介绍,重点是光子科学的前沿领域及应用。光子科学
的前沿是超快光子脉冲的产生、测量、调控和应用。目标是为从事材料科学、物理、化学与生物等专业的学生提供动
力学和超快现象科学研究的新方向和新方法,为探索前沿科学研究奠定坚实的基础。
This class introduces the broad field of photon source and their applications to the senior
undergraduate and graduate students. The frontier and application of photon science is study ultrafast
phenomena in the microscopic world. This leads to the development of femtosecond photon sources such as
ultrafast laser, ultrafast x-ray and free electron laser. This advanced photon sources’ excellence is
acknowledged by outstanding scientific record with directly contributing to work leading to many Nobel
Prizes in physics, chemistry, and biology. In China, both Beijing high energy photon source and
Shanghai free electron laser light source are fully funded under construction phase. This class is
designed for students who have been exposed to material science; physics, chemistry as well as biology,
and wish to have a basic understanding of ultrafast photon source and its application in science
research. The main purpose is to reveal basic principle and frontiers, experimental technique, and
instrumentation and detecting technology associated with the ultrafast photon sources.
At the end of this class, students are expected to be familiar with the principle, experimental
techniques of advanced photon source. The students will have entry level knowledge of ultrafast
science experimental technique and the frontier research topics in ultrafast science. The students will
learn to perform literature search, develop understanding of recent advances in photon science.
Students will benefit from this class for their future research both in China and abroad.