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Monday 17 October 2011
Special Symposium on Integrated Optofluidics for the Life Sciences
FMA1 - Optofluidic Manipulation Of Particles For Separation, Purification, and Analysis, Sean Hart, Intel Capital, United States
An optofluidic system and applications are described where biological samples are characterized and separated in a microfluidic device based upon their intrinsic properties. As an example, optical force differences have been measured between various human
FMA2 - Single-Molecule Biophysics with Optofluidic Trapping, David Erickson, Cornell University, United States
I will present our recent work on the optical trapping and manipulation of single molecules and nanomaterials using the near-field of integrated photonic devices.
FMA3 - Integration Methods for Raman spectroscopy and Passive Sorting in Optofluidics, Praveen Ashok, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Applications of Waveguide Confined Raman Spectroscopy (WCRS) which realizes an alignment-free microfluidic chip for Raman spectroscopic detection of analytes is described. Separately passive optical sorting techniques in optofluidics are discussed.
FMA4 - Optofluidic Tomography, Serhan Isikman, UCLA, United States
We demonstrate an optofluidic tomographic microscope on a chip. Lensfree holograms of objects flowing through a microfluidic-channel are recorded at multiple illumination angles to compute sub-pixel resolved tomograms for 3D imaging on a chip.
FMA5 - Compact and Cost-effective Lensfree Reflection and Transmission Microscopy on Chip, Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA, United States
We present a field-portable lensfree dual-mode (i.e., reflection and transmission on-chip microscope that can digitally image e.g., blood cells and dense histopathology slides, providing a lateral resolution of ~2µm over a wide field-of-view.
Special Symposium on Novel X-ray and EUV Light Sources and Sciences; Accelerator-based X-ray Free-Electron Lasers and Science
FMC2 - A Next Generation X-ray Laser Array at the Berkeley Lab: Science Drivers and Facility Overview, Robert Schoenlein, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
The Next Generation Light Source is a high-repetition-rate seeded soft X-ray FEL array proposed for the Berkeley Lab. An overview of the energy science drivers and projected technical capabilities of this facility is presented.
FMC4 - Applications of the LCLS X-ray Free Electron Laser for High-Energy Density Science, Richard Lee, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, United States*
LCLS, the first x-ray FEL has been operational since late 2009. The facility provides x-ray from 600 eV to 10 keV in the fundamental. The LCLS operates at 120 Hz, with pulses from ≤10fs to 300fs containing up to 3mJ of energy. We will discuss the implementation of early High Energy density Science experiments that have been performed. These experiments cover LCLS-solid interaction which measured the spectral response, high pressure warm dense matter creation, self-Thomson scattering from solid and liquid jet samples, scattering from shocks, and x-ray generated cluster explosions. These experiments were performed in the extant end station, while the MEC -Matter in Extreme Conditions- end station is being constructed. A brief discussion of the MEC, which will be commissioning in autumn of 2011 and ready for users in January 2012, will be presented.
Special Symposium on Integrated Optofluidics for the Life Sciences II
FMH1 - Chip Integrated Optical Manipulation of Single Airborne Particles, Marcel Horstmann, Institute of Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany
An integrated system for the optical manipulation and characterization of single airborne microparticles is presented. Optical fibers are used to deliver the trapping laser light as well as to collect scattered light for Raman spectroscopy.
FMH2 - Holographic Control and High-Speed Imaging for Studies of Hydrodynamic Coupling on A Micron Scale, Miles Padgett, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
New interfaces make holographic optical tweezers an attractive tool within many branches of science. Here we use optical tweezers in the study of hydrodynamic interactions, specifically the hydrodynamic synchronization of thermally driven bi-stable systems.
FMH3 - Label-free Cytometry via Wavefront Sensing, James Jacob, CytoRay, Actinix, United States
We describe a new label-free technique to analyze cells. A wavefront sensor measures the aberrations imparted onto a laser beam by single cells. The calculated Zernike coefficients of the deformed wavefronts comprise unique cellular signatures.
FMH5 - Adaptive Nanodispenser Microrobot for Lab-On-A-Chip in Microfluidic Platform, Pietro Ferraro, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Italy
A novel and interesting approach of electrode-less technique to grip and transport micro objects driven by pyroelectric effect is demonstrated. The force is generated by applying thermal stimulus on Lithium Niobate crystal by an IR laser.
Special Symposium on Novel X-ray and EUV Light Sources and Sciences; Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Small-Scale Sources: Science and Applications
FMJ1 - Laser-based Gamma-Rays and the Emergence of Nuclear Photonics, Christopher Barty, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, United States
The optimized interaction of laser light with relativistic electrons can produce mono-energetic gammarays(MEGa-rays) of unprecedented peak brightness. MEGa-ray sources enable a wide range of nuclear applications with photons, i.e. nuclear photonics.
FMJ2 - Strong Field Physics with Long Wavelength Lasers, Anthony DiChiara, The Ohio State University, United States
High harmonic generation and strong-field ionization provides the methods to generate attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses. Our research has explored, in particular, how high harmonic generation and strong-field ionization scales with the wavelength of t
FMJ3 - Table-top Short Pulse Driver for Sub-10 nm Soft X-ray Lasers, Bradley Luther, Colorado State University, United States
We have developed a high power Ti:Sa laser driver for pumping sub-10 nm table-top soft X-ray lasers. The system is based on a four stage CPA design in which the final amplification stages are pumped by the frequency doubled output of a slab laser system
FMJ4 - Inductively Driven, Electrodeless Z-pinch Sources for EUV and Soft X-ray Applications, Matthew Partlow, Energetiq Technology Inc., United States
Z-pinch discharge plasmas can be inductively driven without the use of electrodes, producing photons in the range from ~ 1 to 120 nm. Our z-pinch light source has been utilized in soft x-ray microscopy and extreme ultraviolet lithography applications.
FMJ5 - Phase Matching of Attosecond-to-Zeptosecond Kiloelectronvolt X-ray Supercontinua from High Harmonic Generation, Tenio Popmintchev, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
We demonstrate bright coherent X-ray supercontinua generated through fully phase-matched upconversion of mid-IR laser light into the keV spectral region. The ultrabroad bandwidths can support pulse durations of few attoseconds, scalable to zeptosecond time scales.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Ultrashort Pulses: 20th Anniversary of Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Symposium I
FTuB2 - Ultrafast Coherent X-Rays - from Femtoseconds to Zeptoseconds, Margaret Murnane, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, United States
Abstract not available.
Ultrashort Pulses: 20th Anniversary of Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Symposium I
FTuB3 - Generation and Characterization of Isolated Attosecond Pulses for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Mauro Nisoli, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), Italy
We will review recent experimental progress in the generation, characterization and application of XUV pulses, produced by high-order harmonic generation in gases, with duration down to the attosecond time scale.
FTuB4 - Interferometric FROG for Few-Cycle Pulse Characterization and as an Ultrafast Spectroscopy Tool, Gunter Steinmeyer, Max-Born-Insitut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Optoelectronics Research Centre, Tampere University of Technology, Germany
We discuss interferometric FROG as a tool for precise pulse characterization as well as for the measurement of the ultrafast surface plasmon dynamics of metallic nanostructures. A new THG interferometric FROG method will also be introduced.
Ultrashort Pulses: 20th Anniversary of Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Symposium II
FTuP1 - Complex Pulses and New physics: How FROG has Led to New Paradigms for Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics, John Dudley, CNRS, France
The use of FROG to provide complete amplitude and phase characterization of complex ultrafast pulses has opened fundamentally new directions of research in numerous areas of optical physics. This talk reviews a selection of results in source development, nonlinear optics, and applications.
FTuP2 - Frequency Resolved Optical Gating of Atomic and Molecular Coherence: From Weak to Strong Field Regimes, Valery Milner, University of British Columbia,
Frequency resolved gating of laser-induced atomic coherence enables complete reconstruction of the quantum evolution of atomic and molecular systems driven by laser fields. The method is applied to characterization and control of laser-matter interactions.
FTuP3 - FROG at High Na: Quantifying the Excitation Fields for Multiphoton Microscopy, Jeff Squier, Colorado School of Mines, United States
Optimized viewing in multiphoton microscopy requires that the spatio-temporal characteristics of the excitation field be well characterized. We present linear and nonlinear techniques for characterizing the focal intensity, which when used in conjunction with new imaging methods such as multifocal photon-counting, can effectively improve image quality.
FTuP4 - Spectrograms for Probing Nonlinear Pulse Propagation, Selçuk Aktürk, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
We investigate nonlinear propagation dynamics of ultrashort pulses using their spectrograms; and developed a FROG setup, capable of measuring pulse durations down to single optical cycles. We also demonstrate relativistic intensities with tabletop laser source.
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Special Symposium on 50 Years of Measuring the Eye’s Aberrations I
FWA1 - An Historical Understanding of the Normal Eye’s Monochromatic Aberrations, Howard Howland, Cornell Univ., United States
In this paper the history of the study of monochromatic aberrations of the eye is outlined. The progress in this field has depended both on optical inventions and on the development of digital computers, the latter allowing very extensive computations on large data sets to be performed rapidly and accurately.
FWA3 - Customized Clinical Correction of the Eye’s Aberrations, Ian Cox, Bausch and Lomb, United States
The introduction of clinically viable wavefront sensors has opened the pathway to correction of the higher order wavefront aberration of the human eye using laser based refractive surgery, intraocular lenses and contact lenses.
FWA4 - Adaptive Optics Techniques Used for In Vivo Examination of the Retina and Visual System, Robert Zawadzki, Univ. of California at Davis, United States
A short review of past and present developments of adaptive optics techniques used in Vision Science and ophthalmology for in vivo examination of retina and visual system will be presented.
Special Symposium of 50 Years of Measuring the Eye’s Aberrations II
FWH1 - Using Adaptive Optics to Create Finer Tools for Probing Visual Function, Austin Roorda, University of California at Berkeley, United States
Adaptive optics compensate for blur caused by ocular aberrations and are being used in a new generation of tools that are providing insight into the role of individual cones for human vision.
FWH2 - Probing Cellular Function in the Living Retina with Adaptive Optics, David Williams, University of Rochester, United States
High resolution fluorescence imaging of the living mouse, monkey, and human eye with adaptive optics can reveal functional activity in single cells throughout the retina.
PLUS!
Sunday 16 October 2011
- What’s Hot in Bio-Medical Optics, Adam P. Wax, Duke University, United States
- What’s Hot in Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation, Guoqiang Li, University of Missouri, Saint Louis, USA
- What’s Hot in Information Acquisition, Processing and Display, David Brady, Duke University, United States*
- What’s Hot in Photonics and Opto-Electronics, Juerg Leuthold, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany*
- What’s Hot in Vision and Color, Joseph Carroll, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States
- What’s Hot in Mid-Infrared Laser Technology: Highlights and Applications, Irina Sorokina, Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway*
Monday 17 October 2011
- Lightwave Modulators: Early Days, Ivan Kaminow, University of California Berkeley, United States
- Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers: Bright Coherent Light for the Nanoworld, Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University, United States
- Seeing is Believing: Capturing Electrons in Real Time, Ferenc Krausz, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- Inside the Wavelength-Seeing Really Small Objects with Light, John Pendry, The Blackett Lab, Imperial College, United Kingdom
*Pending Author Approval