Project description DEENESFRITPL Seeing the world in a new way Capturing the dynamics of ultrafast events at the picosecond timescale or faster has captivated the scientific community for decades. In this context, the EU-funded ULTRA-FAST project will propose new means and insights into events occurring on the shortest timescales in nature. Specifically, the project will work on developing novel diagnostic tools based on the Frequency Recognition Algorithm for Multiple Exposures (FRAME) – an imaging technique that can film at up to 5 trillion frames per second – and will apply FRAME videography to study ultrafast events. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Scientists have always been particularly intrigued by the extremes in nature and made significant efforts to study these; microscopes allow us to observe the smallest objects, while telescopes permit us to explore the largest objects and also those farthest away. The work proposed herein will provide new means and generate insights to phenomena occurring on the shortest timescales in nature.Past methods to probe ultrafast events – occurring on picosecond timescale or faster – have mostly relied on pump/probe scanning, yet these can only measure the dynamics of such processes if they are repetitive. Understanding all spatiotemporal aspects of ultrafast phenomena, however, requires experimental means to spatially, spectrally and temporally resolve them. Recently the PI invented a “coding” imaging concept called Frequency Recognition Algorithm for Multiple Exposures (FRAME) that can film at up to 5 trillion frames per second. To date, FRAME is the only videography method that can unify a femtosecond temporal resolution with spectroscopic compatibility, making it a powerful tool with high potential for new scientific discoveries. This project aims to (i) develop novel diagnostic tools based on FRAME and (ii) apply FRAME videography to study ultrafast events, whose temporal evolution could not be visualized in the past.Ultrafast science is a wide field, making the project highly interdisciplinary. For example, within photo-physics, systems will be developed to film plasmas and laser filaments. Diagnostics will be developed to image the lifetime of coherent states as well as fluorescence decays of two fluorophores in parallel, which holds potential within biology, physics and chemistry. A two-color FRAME setup will be developed to temporally track the creation and consumption of two species in a chemical reaction simultaneously. The ensemble of work-packages proposed herein constitutes a significant step forward in the research area of ultrafast imaging and videography. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopynatural scienceschemical sciencesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2018-STG - ERC Starting Grant Call for proposal ERC-2018-STG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-STG - Starting Grant Coordinator LUNDS UNIVERSITET Net EU contribution € 1 998 792,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden Net EU contribution € 1 998 792,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
