Eric B. Szarmes
Associate Professor / Dept. Associate Chair
Ph. D.: Stanford University, 1992
Research Group: FEL
Office: WAT 212
Phone: (808) 956-2923
Research Interest:
Theory and Design of Novel Optical Resonators for Spectroscopy
High-Field Physics
Cavity Modulation Techniques for Optical Resonators
Theory and Design of Novel Optical Resonators for Spectroscopy
High-Field Physics
Cavity Modulation Techniques for Optical Resonators
Specialty:
Theory and Design of Specialized Optical Resonators and Optical Components for Frequency Combs
High Power Lasers and Applications
Theory and Design of Specialized Optical Resonators and Optical Components for Frequency Combs
High Power Lasers and Applications
Career History:
- Faculty member at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
(1998 – present) - Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1992
- B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1985
Professor Szarmes began his career in the field of free-electron lasers (FELs), and has made fundamental contributions to the theory of FEL mode locking, the generation and application of GHz-rate, phase-coherent optical pulse trains and frequency combs (the 'phase-locked FEL'), and picosecond optical pulse compression techniques using energy-swept electron bunches (the 'chirped-pulse FEL'). Present interests include the theory and design of novel optical resonators for spectroscopy and high-field physics, and cavity modulation techniques for optical resonators.