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Title: Doctor
Surname: Steenkamp
First Name: Christine
E-mail: cmsteen@sun.ac.za
Office 1044 Merensky Building
Telephone: (+27) 21 808 3374
Fax (+27) 21 808 3385
Position: Lecturer

Academic qualifications:

M.Sc. in Laser Physics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ph.D. in Laser Physics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Research Interests:

Fields of expertise: nonlinear optics, experimental laser spectroscopy of molecules, external cavity diode lasers as tunable sources, laser cooling and trapping.

I am currently involved in the following projects: Generation of tunable vacuum ultraviolet laser light four-wave mixing in a heat pipe system. High resolution vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy, including spectroscopic study of rare isotopomers and forbidden transitions of carbon monoxide. Development of external cavity diode lasers. Saturated absorption spectroscopy and laser cooling and trapping of atomic rubidium. Second harmonic generation at silicon/silicon dioxide interfaces. Femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy on various molecules.

 

Curriculum Vitae December 2011
List of selected publications December 2011
SAIP 2010 Plenary lecture abstract
SAIP 2010 Plenary lecture slides