SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | POSTER PREVIEWS |
| Discussion Leader: Ed Grant (University of British Columbia) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Poster Previews |
9:30 pm | Wine and Cheese Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photograph |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CONTROLLING LIGHT |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Charles Conover (Colby College) |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Yaron Silberberg (Weizmann Institute) "Nonlinear Optics and Coherent Control with Entangled Photons" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Hot Topic #1: Maxim Sukharev (Northwestern University)
"Applications of Phase, Polarization and Optimal Control Techniques in Nanoplasmonics"
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10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Jun Ye (JILA/NIST) "Enhancement Cavity for Femtosecond Lasers - from Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy to XUV Frequency Comb" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich) "CEO-Controlled Pulse Generation and Photoionization" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Browsing |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ULTRAFAST AND HIGH INTENSITY XRAYS |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Linda Young (Argonne National Laboratory) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Henry Chapman (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) "Ultrafast coherent diffraction imaging with a soft-X-ray free- electron laser" |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm | Reinhard Dorner (J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt) "Multi-Particle Imaging of Atomic and Molecular Ionization Processes in Strong Fields" |
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Hot Topic #2: David Fritz (University of Michigan)
"Structural Dynamics of High-density Photoexcited Bismuth Measured with Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction"
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9:30 pm | Poster Session |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SINGLE-CYCLE AND ATTOSECOND PULSES |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Pierre Agostini (Ohio State University) |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Steve Harris (Stanford University) "Single-Cycle Pulses and Biphotons" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Hot Topic #3: Yann Mairesse (NRC, Canada)
"Spatial shaping of high harmonics with molecular alignment" |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Mette Gaarde (Louisiana State University) "Generating and Manipulating Single and Multiple Attosecond Light Pulses" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Zenghu Chang (Kansas State University) "Attosecond Pulse Generation with Polarization Gating" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Browsing |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | QUANTUM CONTROL |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Tamar Seideman (Northwestern University) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Jonathan Underwood (Open University) "Femtosecond Multidimensional Imaging of Molecular Dissociation" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Tom Weinacht (SUNY Stony Brook) "Learning from Control Experiments" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Robert Levis (Temple University) "Applications of Strong Field Quantum Control: Spinning Straw into Gold" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Sang-Hyun Lim (University of California, Berkeley) |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Tobias Brixner (Universität Würzburg) "Multidimensional Spectroscopy and Control of Molecular Complexes" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Hot Topic #4: Haruka Maeda (University of Virginia)
"Coherent Population Transfer in Rydberg Atoms by Multiphoton Adiabatic Rapid Passage" |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Thomas Schultz (Max Born Institute, Berlin) "Femtosecond Spectroscopy of DNA Model Base Pairs" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Tim Zwier (Purdue University) "Double and Triple Resonance Laser Based Methods for Studying Conformation-Specific Spectroscopy and Dynamics" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Browsing |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ULTRAFAST MOLECULAR PROBES |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: David Villeneuve (Steacie Institute, NRC, Canada) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Jon Marangos (Imperial College) "Imaging Molecular Structure and Dynamics using Laser Driven Recollisions" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Margaret Murnane (JILA/University of Colorado) "Monitoring Intra-Molecular Dynamics using Coherent Electrons from High-Harmonic Generation" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Dwayne Miller (University of Toronto) "Femtosecond Electron Diffraction: Atomic Level Perspective of Condensed Phase Dynamics" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ATTOSECOND SCIENCE |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Andre Bandrauk (Universite de Sherbrooke) |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Paul Corkum (Steacie Institute, NRC, Canada) "Attosecond Electron Wavepackets" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Hot Topic #5: Thomas Pfeifer (University of California/LBL)
"Heterodyne Technique for Temporal Gating of High-Harmonic Generation" |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Gerhard Paulus (Texas A&M University) "Attosecond Double-Slit Experiment" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Marc Vrakking (FOM AMOLF) "Strong-Field Molecular Physics with CE-Phase Stabilized Pulses" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Browsing |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HIGH INTENSITY LASER INTERACTIONS WITH ATOMS/MOLECULES |
7:30 pm -7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Barry Walker (University of Delaware) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Robin Santra (Argonne National Laboratory) "Dynamics of a laser-produced hole in a noble gas atom" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Tim Laarman (Max Born Institute, Berlin) "Large Finite Systems in Strong Laser Fields: Analysis and Control of Photophysical Processes with Ultrashort and Temporally Shaped Pulses" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Lars Madsen (Aarhus University) "Atoms and Molecules in Super-Intense, High-Frequency, Ultra-Short Laser Pulses: Nondipole and Orientation Effects" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |