LPHYS'26. Scientific Seminars:
Seminar 1: Modern Trends in Laser Physics
Co-chairs:
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Olga Kocharovskaya
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Barry M. Garraway
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
b.m.garraway@sussex.ac.uk
Our Seminar 1 is the only one in the frame of our workshop which is not focused on one particular research area but covers a broad range of modern trends in the field of light-matter interactions in accordance with its title, "Modern trends in laser physics".
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Seminar 2: Strong Field & Attosecond Physics
Co-chairs:
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Reinhard Kienberger
Fakultät für Physik, E11, Technische Universität München, Garching, Bavaria, Germany
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Christoph Lemell
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
christoph.lemell@tuwien.ac.at
Seminar 2 has mapped the development of strong-field physics from a small area of interest only to a handful of specialists to its current outstanding significance almost from the beginning. Contributions to theory as well as the numerous applications that have emerged are welcome, including also free-electron lasers, precision measurement, terahertz physics, etc.
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Seminar 3: Modern Trends in Biomedical Laser Applications
Chair:
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Igor Meglinski
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
i.meglinski@aston.ac.uk
Seminar 3 stands apart from the others by offering a comprehensive exploration of modern trends in the field of light-matter interactions. It does not limit itself to a specific research area but rather provides a broad perspective in line with its title, 'Modern Trends in Biomedical Laser Applications'.
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Seminar 4: Physics and Applications of Nanolasers
Co-chairs:
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Gian Luca Lippi
Institut de Physique de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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Stephan Reitzenstein
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
stephan.reitzenstein@tu-berlin.de
Seminar 4 centers on the physics of micro- and nanolasers, semiconductor-based devices and novel 2D materials for lasing. Integrated Si-based platforms belong to its scope, as well as topological lasers, quantum effects at the micro-nanoscale, emergence of coherence and photon/polariton condensation, and novel applications such as laser-based neuromorphic computing.
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Seminar 5: Nonlinear Optics & Spectroscopy
Co-chairs:
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Pavel Polynkin
Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
ppolynkin@optics.arizona.edu -
Stefan Skupin
Institut Lumière Matière, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
stefan.skupin@univ-lyon1.fr
Seminar 5 covers recent trends, novel applications, and theoretical and experimental developments in the fields of nonlinear optics and spectroscopy. Specific topics of interest include intense laser-matters interactions and associated phenomena, short-pulse laser filamentation and self-action effects, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), frequency-comb spectroscopy, chemometrics, laser-generated plasmas, and novel optical sources, nonlinear materials, structures, and interactions.
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Seminar 6: Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms
Chair:
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Vanderlei S. Bagnato
University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
vander@ifsc.usp.br
The topics of Seminar 6 are: Cooling and trapping of atoms, Bose-Einstein condensation, degenerate Fermi gas, Bose-Bose, Fermi-Fermi, and Bose-Fermi mixtures, optical lattices, dipolar and spinor atoms, quantum and thermal effects of trapped atoms, superfluid hydrodynamics, spin-orbit interaction, droplets in mixtures, quantum turbulence, vortex turbulence, granulation, wave turbulence, coherent topological modes, generation of nonequilibrium condensates, etc.
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Seminar 7: Quantum Information Science
Co-chairs:
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Marco Genovese
L'Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica , Turin, Italy
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Leong Chuan Kwek
Center for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
cqtklc@nus.edu.sg
Seminar 7 concerns the application of quantum optics to develop quantum technologies, such as quantum information (including quantum communication and computation), quantum metrology, quantum imaging and quantum sensing. Contributions that deepen our fundamental understanding of foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information are also included.
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Seminar 8: Fiber Optics
Co-chairs:
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Miguel Ángel Bello-Jiménez
Instituto de Investigación en Comunicación Óptica, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Chao Lu
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Photonics Research Institute, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
chao.lu@polyu.edu.hk
Research, development, and applications of fiber optics, including techniques and measurement; devices and sensors; and the design and engineering of fiber lasers.
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Seminar 9: Extreme Light Technologies, Science, and Applications
Co-chairs:
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Zheng Gong
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
zgong92@itp.ac.cn -
Christoph Keitel
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ben King
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
b.king@plymouth.ac.uk
Our seminar aims at covering the theoretical and experimental advances related to high-field physics, the extreme existing multi-petawatt and prospected light facilities and associated applications. This includes topics like the study of extreme laser acceleration, quantum radiative reaction, pair production and spin dynamics, as well as laboratory astrophysics and the search for new physics with ultrastrong laser pulses and state-of-the-art high-energy leptons beams.
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Seminar 10: Quantum Engineering
Co-chairs:
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Philip R Hemmer
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
prhemmer@ece.tamu.edu -
Alexei Sokolov
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
sokol@physics.tamu.edu -
Aart J. Verhoef
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
aart.verhoef@tamu.edu
Should you have any questions regarding the seminar, please contact:
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Alma Fernández González
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
alma.fernandez@tamu.edu
Seminar 10 deals with applications of quantum information science. The specific focus is on quantum sensing and imaging for studies of complex biological systems.
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Seminar 11: Metasurfaces and Metamaterials
Chair:
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Howard (Ho Wai) Lee
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
howardhw.lee@uci.edu
Metasurfaces are arrays of subwavelength anisotropic light scatters (optical antennas) that can produce abrupt changes in the phase, amplitude, or polarization of light. Within last few years significant progress, design of metasurfaces that refract and focus light, enabling many unique properties and applications such as ultrathin focusing lens, advanced imaging system, holograms, optical vortex generation/detection, perfect absorber/color filter, etc.
This seminar will cover the fundamental principles and technological applications of metasurfaces, and particularly aim to explore on new structures, materials, and advanced optical science/functionality of metasurfaces for applications spanning from imaging system, laser development, bio/chemical sensing, energy harvesting devices, quantum/communication system, and data storage.-
Seminar 12: Optical Computing and Neural Networks
Co-chairs:
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Alexander Lvovsky
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Peter McMahon
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
pmcmahon@cornell.edu
Optical analogue computing methods, including optical neural networks for artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimization.
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