2010 Events Archive
Spatial Beam Purification in High-Power Fiber Lasers using Gain Filtering
Monday, January 25, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. John Marciante, U of Rochester
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingThe Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect and other particle-particle correlations : from photons to atoms
Monday, February 8, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Elliott W. Montroll Lectures Joint with Dept of Physics & Astronomy Prof. Alain Aspect Institut d'Optique, France
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingAnderson Localization of Matter-Waves in a Controlled Disorder: A Quantum Simulator?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Elliott W. Montroll Lectures Joint with Dept of Physics & Astronomy Prof. Alain Aspect Institut d'Optique, France
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingFrom Einstein's photon to Wheeler's delayed choice experiment: wave particle duality brought to light
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
8 p.m.–9 p.m.
Elliott W. Montroll Lectures Joint with Dept of Physics & Astronomy Prof. Alain Aspect Institut d'Optique, France
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingFrom Einstein's intuition to quantum bits : a new quantum age?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Elliott W. Montroll Lectures Joint with Dept of Physics & Astronomy Prof. Alain Aspect Institut d'Optique, France
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingInformal discussion of the week's lectures
Thursday, February 11, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Elliott W. Montroll Lectures Joint with Dept of Physics & Astronomy Prof. Alain Aspect Institut d'Optique, France
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingOptical System Engineering - designing to operate at the shot-noise limit
Monday, February 15, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Dr. Stephen Chakmakjian Zygo
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingSub-wavelength Photonics: from light manipulation to quantum levitation at the nanoscale
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Federico Capasso Harvard
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingGrid Computing and Optical Design using Optica and Mathematica 7
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
1 p.m.–2 p.m.
Dr. Donald Barnhart Optica Software
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingDesigning freeform lenses with help from geometry and calculus of variations
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
2 p.m.–3 p.m.
Prof. Vladimir Oliker Emory
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingPhotonic Metamaterials: From linear to nonlinear optics
Monday, March 29, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Natalia M. Litchinitser SUNY Buffalo
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingHigher Order Mode Amplifiers
Monday, April 5, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Dr. Clifford Headley OFS
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingPrecursor Wave Fields: The Characteristic Wave Structure of Dispersive Attenuative Media
Monday, April 12, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Kurt Oughstun Vermont
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingVision Multiplexing as a Design Principle for Visual Aids
Monday, April 19, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Eli Peli Harvard
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingApplications of Phase Retrieval Algorithms
Monday, April 26, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. James Fienup Rochester
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingOptical Antennas for Single Emitters
Monday, May 17, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Mr. Tim Taminiau ICFO Barcelona
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingExtraordinary optical transmission: Surface modes and localized resonances
Monday, June 7, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Luis Martin Moreno Universidad de Zaragoza Spain
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingTeaching old rays to do new tricks: expanding the capabilities of geometrical optics raytracing into physical optics modeling
Monday, September 27, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Richard Pfisterer Photon Engineering
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingGeneration and Robustness of Multicolor Entanglement
Monday, October 4, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Paulo Nussenzveig University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingCasimir Effects
Monday, October 11, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Peter Milonni LANL & U of Rochester
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingFIO/LS in Rochester
Sunday, October 24, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingOptical control of quantum dot spins: From qubits to sensors
Friday, October 29, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Dr. Nick Vamivakas Cambridge University
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingDiversity in form and function: from multi-lens eyes to bifocal lenses
Monday, November 1, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Elke Buschbeck U. Cincinnati
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingControl of single quantum emitters by phase shaped excitation and optical antennas
Monday, November 29, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Niek van Hulst ICFO, Barcelona
Wilmot 116
Continue ReadingDirect Detection of Extra-solar Planets Using High Contrast Imaging
Monday, November 29, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. James R. Graham U. Toronto
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingThe Laser Past, Present, and Future: A Prime Example of Sustainable Innovation
Monday, December 6, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Dr. Thomas Baer Stanford
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingTiming is everything: Predicting embryo viability through quantitative imaging of the first three days of human development
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Dr. Thomas Baer Stanford
Sloan Auditorium
Continue ReadingLooking Around Corners and Cellphone Optometry: New Imaging using Time and Angle Resolved Techniques
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
3 p.m.–4 p.m.
Prof. Ramesh Raskar MIT
Sloan Auditorium
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