Events
2008 Events Archive
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
How We See in Color
Prof. David Williams Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Optics U of R
Monday, January 28, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Harnessing Light with Plasmonics
Prof. William Barnes University of Exeter
Friday, February 8, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Introduction to the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Prof. John Sipe University of Toronto Host: Boyd
Monday, February 18, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Biphotons and streams of squeezed vacua: searching for simple physical pictures.
Prof. John Sipe University of Toronto Host: Boyd
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Infrared Near Field Scanning Optical Microscopy based on Silver Halide Fibers
Dr. Katy Roodenko Institute of Analytical Sciences Berlin, Germany Host: Novotny
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
CEIS: Technology Transfer from the University of Rochester to New York State Industry
Prof. Eby G. Friedman ECE U of R
Monday, February 25, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Nonlinear Scanning Spectroscopies Illuminating the Biophysics of Life
Prof. Watt Webb Cornell
Monday, March 3, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Semiconductor Cavity QED
Prof. Hyatt Gibbs University of Arizona
Monday, March 17, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Are Carbon Nanotubes Useful Optical Materials?
Prof. Todd Krauss Chemistry Department U of R
Monday, March 24, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Computer image analysis in the study of art
Dr. David G. Stork Ricoh Innovations
Thursday, March 27, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Nonimaging Optics: From Design to Manufacture
Dr. John Koshel University of Arizona
Thursday, April 3, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Nanolasers: Approaching the Ultimate Size Limit
Prof. Cun-Zheng Ning Arizona State University
Friday, April 11, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Nano-Photonic Interconnection Networks for Chip-Multiprocessor Computing Networks
Prof. Keren Bergman Columbia Univ.
Monday, April 14, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Reading the Sky's Icy Halos
Prof. Robert Greenler University of. Wisconsin/Milwaukee
Monday, April 21, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Near Field Photo Induced Molecular Movement in Azobenzene Polymer Films
Dr. Mathieu Juan Univ. of Tech. of Troyes France
Thursday, May 8, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Polarization Stabilizer and its Applications to the new formats in Optical Communication
Prof. Mario Martinelli Politechnico di Milano Italy
Thursday, May 22, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
From Photon Bursts to Quantum Beats: Experiments in Cavity QED
Prof Luis Orozco U. of Maryland
Monday, September 8, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Detection of Nanoscale Molecules in Nanoscale Holes
Prof. Sharon Weiss Vanderbilt
Monday, September 15, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
High Energy Low Temperature Physics
Nobel Laureate Prof. Anthony Leggett Univ. Illinois
Thursday, September 25, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Why Can't Time Run Backwards?
Nobel Laureate Prof. Anthony Leggett Univ. Illinois
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4 p.m.–5 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Testing the Limits of Quantum Mechanics: Motivation, Progress and Prospects
Nobel Laureate Prof. Anthony Leggett Univ. Illinois
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4 p.m.–5 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Does the Everyday World Really Obey Quantum Mechanics?
Nobel Laureate Prof. Anthony Leggett Univ. Illinois
Thursday, September 25, 2008
4 p.m.–5 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Wavefront Control with Liquid-Crystal Devices and Some of Its Applications
Dr. Tomohiro Shirai AIST Tsukuba, Japan
Monday, September 29, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Optical Design for Microlithography
David Williamson Nikon Research
Monday, October 13, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Atom in Free Space - Catching a Single Photon
Prof. Gerd Leuchs Max-Planck Inst. Erlangen, Germany
Monday, October 27, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Future Music Technologies?
Prof. Mark Bocko, ECE, Rochester
Monday, November 3, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Optics for Solid-State Lighting
Dr. G. Michael Morris Apollo Optical Systems
Saturday, November 8, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
OMEGA EP and Technologies used to Focus and Characterize High-Energy Petawatt Pulses
Dr. Jake Bromage, LLE, Rochester
Monday, December 1, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Astrocytes Alive!
Prof. Maiken Nedergaard, MD Neurosurgery, Rochester
Monday, December 8, 2008
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium