Optical Spectroscopies in High Magnetic Fields

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHFML) in Tallahassee, FL 
recently commissioned the Split-Florida Helix magnet, which is a 25 Tesla 
Bitter magnet that will provide wide, free-space optical access to high 
magnetic fields.  This magnet will enable the implementation of 
high-resolution and modern optical spectroscopies, which have been limited 
in the past at high magnetic fields due to the requirement of using optical 
fibers for routing light in and out from the magnets.  I will discuss this 
exciting current development as well as highlight recent experimental 
results coming from both my own research group and the NHMFL¹s user 
program in visible continuous-wave and ultrafast optics.