Boise
Technology, Inc.
Boise Technology, Inc. is a specialized scientific research company that utilizes advanced spectroscopic techniques to investigate fundamental scientific problems. Active areas of research are focused on answering important questions in surface science using nonlinear optical spectroscopy. Armed with scientific expertise and instrumentation, Boise Technology Scientists are ready to tackle pressing scientific challenges in physics, chemistry, and biology.
Boise Technology was founded in 2003 as an independent research center for advanced optics and spectroscopy in the Pacific Northwest. Since its foundation, substantial research funding has enabled the creation of a research facility in Nampa, Idaho. Current research projects are conducted using a state-of-the-art tunable femtosecond laser system, which is one of the more advanced light sources in the Pacific Northwest. With this advanced laser system, Boise Technology is poised to emerge as a leader in optics and spectroscopic research. The scientific expertise of Boise Technology is represented by its current staff of three PhD scientists (expected to be 6 by the end of 2009), multiple independent contract researchers, and several collaborative research relationships. Collectively, our personnel exhibit broad expertise in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and surface sciences, with specialized capabilities in nonlinear spectroscopy, time-resolved spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry, and enzymology.
Boise Technology's exceptional research capability stems from our sophisticated optics instrumentation. At the core, is our tunable femtosecond laser system: a regenerative, amplified, mode-locked titanium-sapphire oscillator, producing intense 30-100fs laser pulses with on-demand wavelength tunability from an automated optical parametric amplifier. In conjunction with the advanced light source, a collection of optics, optomechanics, electronics, and detectors enables the study of many diverse physical/chemical/biological systems. Current research projects are utilizing this system to conduct second harmonic generation and sum frequency generation spectroscopy to study the reactivity of chemical species at liquid/liquid, liquid/solid, and vapor/solidinterfaces. Other types of spectroscopic experiments may be performed with this system, including ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. Additionally, plans are in progress to couple our advanced light source with sophisticated optical microscopy techniques. . Scanning confocal/multiphoton microscopy is a powerful technique to study many physical and biological systems with exceptional spatial resolution. By pairing the confocal microscopy techniques of multi-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generation with an advanced, tunable light source, we hope to develop new abilities in spectroscopy and microscopy.
Boise Technology, Inc. is a specialized scientific research company that utilizes advanced spectroscopic techniques to investigate fundamental scientific problems. Active areas of research are focused on answering important questions in surface science using nonlinear optical spectroscopy. Armed with scientific expertise and instrumentation, Boise Technology Scientists are ready to tackle pressing scientific challenges in physics, chemistry, and biology.
Boise Technology was founded in 2003 as an independent research center for advanced optics and spectroscopy in the Pacific Northwest. Since its foundation, substantial research funding has enabled the creation of a research facility in Nampa, Idaho. Current research projects are conducted using a state-of-the-art tunable femtosecond laser system, which is one of the more advanced light sources in the Pacific Northwest. With this advanced laser system, Boise Technology is poised to emerge as a leader in optics and spectroscopic research. The scientific expertise of Boise Technology is represented by its current staff of three PhD scientists (expected to be 6 by the end of 2009), multiple independent contract researchers, and several collaborative research relationships. Collectively, our personnel exhibit broad expertise in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and surface sciences, with specialized capabilities in nonlinear spectroscopy, time-resolved spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry, and enzymology.
Boise Technology's exceptional research capability stems from our sophisticated optics instrumentation. At the core, is our tunable femtosecond laser system: a regenerative, amplified, mode-locked titanium-sapphire oscillator, producing intense 30-100fs laser pulses with on-demand wavelength tunability from an automated optical parametric amplifier. In conjunction with the advanced light source, a collection of optics, optomechanics, electronics, and detectors enables the study of many diverse physical/chemical/biological systems. Current research projects are utilizing this system to conduct second harmonic generation and sum frequency generation spectroscopy to study the reactivity of chemical species at liquid/liquid, liquid/solid, and vapor/solidinterfaces. Other types of spectroscopic experiments may be performed with this system, including ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. Additionally, plans are in progress to couple our advanced light source with sophisticated optical microscopy techniques. . Scanning confocal/multiphoton microscopy is a powerful technique to study many physical and biological systems with exceptional spatial resolution. By pairing the confocal microscopy techniques of multi-photon fluorescence and second harmonic generation with an advanced, tunable light source, we hope to develop new abilities in spectroscopy and microscopy.