Accelerator, Laser, and Coherent Optoelectronics R&D Lab (ALCOL)
Welcome to ALCOL
The ALCOL is the research lab located at the Farady Hall (La Tourette Hall) in Northern Illinois University. The lab is missioned for the following scope of research topic.
• Beam & Accelerator Physics
- Advanced accelerator R&D
- Beam dynamics study
- Instrumentational tests
• Coherent Radiation Source R&D
- Microwave & Millimeter Waves
- THz (T-Ray)/X-Ray
• Electron Sources Test
- Field Emission
- Photo Emission
- Thermionic Emission
• Ultrafast Pump-Probe Experiments
- Time-resolved electron diffraction analysis
- Laser-pumped plasma interactions
- Photo-excited atomic and molecular interactions
• Education & Training

NORTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Department of Physics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics (La Tourette Hall)
Northern Illinois University
1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115Phone: (815) 753-6415
FAX: (815) 753-8565