U. of T. Modern Optics Mini-Workshop '98
(last updated 26 November 98)
This workshop is composed of half-hour talks on topics of current research
interest in quantum optics and related areas, given as part of the course
requirements for students in Physics 485F / 1485F.
Other interested parties are welcome to attend.
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announcement.
On Saturday, December 5th (note correction from earlier version
of this page!), the workshop will run from 10:00 am to
5:00 pm, with a lunch break from 12:40 to 1:40 pm. It will take place
in the 11th floor seminar room (1115) of McLennan Physical Labs.
There will be 11 presentations. The talks will be 30 minutes long, including
5 minutes for questions.
The students will be graded on the basis
of 50% for their oral presentation, 30% for their handling of questions,
and 20% for their participation in the discussion of the other
students' presentations.
The tentative workshop program follows, with links to abstracts
(still being revised). It is recommended that the presenters look
over these abstracts in view both of the fact that the talks should
complement one another wherever possible and of the fact that all
students should be prepared to participate in discussion of the
other presentations.
| 10 am: Hong Wee Tan | Dispersion in ultrafast lasers |
|---|---|
| 10h30: Lukasz Brzozowski | Chirped-pulse amplification |
| 11h: Ana Jofre | Pattern Formation in Non-Linear Optics |
| 11h30: BREAK | |
| 11h40: Thomas Binhammer | Soliton propagation in optical fibres |
| 12h10: Roy Wang | Dispersion-managed soliton systems |
| 12h40: LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13h40: Jalani Fox | On Practical Quantum Cryptography |
| 14h10: Peter Plachta | Experimental Quantum Computation |
| 14h40: Jiangbin Gong | Laser control of photochemical reactions |
| 15h10: BREAK | |
| 15h20: Heekyung Han | Quantum Control of Spontaneous Emission |
| 15h50: Navin Bhat | Applications of Photonic Band Gap Media |
| 16h20: Julian Kuerti | Lasing and Amplified Spontaneous Emission in Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Photonic Band Gap Materials |
| 16h50: FINAL DISCUSSION |