Thomas Böttger 

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tbottger@usfca.edu
(415) 422-5716
Professor Thomas Böttger
Department of Physics & Astronomy 
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street 
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

Curriculum vitae (pdf version)

Current classes (Fall 2009):  Physics 320 - Introduction to Electrodynamics
  Physics 195 - Freshmen Seminar: Physics by Inquiry
Previous classes taught at USF: Physics 110 - General Physics I   Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
  Physics 210 - General Physics II   Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Physics 201 - Physics by Inquiry   Spring 2006,  2008, 2009
  Physics 320 - Introduction to Electrodynamics   Fall 2003, 2005, 2007
  Physics 340 - Optics   Fall 2004, 2006, 2008
  Physics 341 - Upper Division Lab   Spring 2005, 2008, 2009
  Physics 361 - Electronics   Fall 2006, 2008
  Directed Optics Research   Spring/Fall 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Office hours:       Harney 140C     W 10 am - 12:00 pm and after class (may change during the semester)
          also drop in but I may not always be available, you may find me in my lab HR 110
Research:    
     
List of Publications    
     

  My research interests are in the field of lasers and high resolution spectroscopy of optical materials. Recent efforts have been devoted to develop and refine the technique of laser frequency stabilization to spectral holes in rare earth doped crystals at cryogenic temperatures. By locking the laser frequency to an ultra-narrow hole, experiments have reached the limits of precision in the optical spectroscopy of solids. My work is also devoted to the development and optimization of rare earth doped optical materials for applications in optical memory, optical processing, laser frequency stabilization, and quantum computing.

Eu2+:CaF2 crystal immersed in liquid Helium with blue diode laser beam

    
     
  USF Physics Student Research Assistant Positions available for the following projects:
  • CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY
  • SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY OF ATOMIC RUBIDIUM
  • DIODE LASER FREQUENCY STABILIZATION TO A HIGH FINESSE OPTICAL CAVITY

If interested please contact tbottger@usfca.edu
USF physics students Ben Westbrook and Mae Linh Blake aligning a laser beam    
     
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