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2024 Siegman International School on Lasers

Afternoon Arrivals

15:00-19:00         Registration Check-in

19:00-20:45         Opening Banquet

Daily Topic: Science of Lasers

7:30-8:30              Breakfast            

8:45-9:00              Welcome & Road map to today's program           

9:00-9:45              Lasers Then, Now, and Future

Speaker: Robert L. Byer, Stanford University

9:45-10:15           Coffee break     

10:15-10:45         Lasers Then, Now, and Future continued

Speaker: Robert L. Byer, Stanford University

10:45-11:00         Q&A, Discussion              

11:00-11:45         Parametric Down Conversion Over 60 Years

Speaker: Stephen Harris, Stanford University

11:45-12:00         Coffee break     

12:00-12:45         Nonlinear Optics Demonstrations

Speaker: Coming soon

12:45-13:00         Q&A, Discussion              

13:00-14:00         Lunch   

14:00-14:45         Quantum Optics

Speaker: Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University

14:45-15:00         Coffee break     

15:00-15:45         Quantum Optics continued

Speaker: Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University

15:45-16:00         Q&A, Discussion              

16:00-17:15         Commercialization of Lasers

Speaker: James Kafka, CTO at Spectra-Physics and Fellow at MKS

17:15-17:30         Q&A, Discussion              

17:30-19:00         Poster session with refreshments           

19:00                    Dinner 

 

 

 

Daily Topic: Laser Measurement Science

7:30-8:30              Breakfast            

8:45-9:00              Road map to today's program    

9:00-9:45              Ultrafast Lasers

Speaker: Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich

9:45-10:15           Coffee break     

10:15-10:45         Ultrafast Lasers continued

Speaker: Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich

10:45-11:00         Q&A, Discussion              

11:00-11:45         Quantum Computers

Speaker: Jon Simon

11:45-12:00         Coffee break     

12:00-12:45         Quantum Computers continued

Speaker: Jon Simon

12:45-13:00         Q&A, Discussion              

13:00-14:00         Lunch   

14:00-14:45         Post von Neumann Computing

Speaker: Hideo Mabuchi

14:45-15:00         Coffee break     

15:00-15:45         Post von Neumann Computing continued

Speaker: Hideo Mabuchi

15:45-16:00         Q&A, Discussion              

16:00-17:15         Commercial Laser Applications

Speaker: Julie Eng, CTO, Coherent Corp.

17:15-17:30         Q&A, Discussion              

17:30-19:00         Poster session with refreshments           

19:00                    Dinner

Daily Topic: Integrated Photonics

7:30-8:30              Breakfast            

8:45-9:00              Road map to today's program    

9:00-9:45              Programmable Photonics

Speaker: Francesco Morichetti

9:45-10:15           Coffee break     

10:15-10:45         Programmable Photonics continued

Speaker: Francesco Morichetti

10:45-11:00         Q&A, Discussion              

11:00-11:45         LN Integrated Optics

Speaker: Amir Safavi, Stanford University

11:45-12:00         Coffee break     

12:00-12:45         LN Integrated Optics continued

Speaker: Amir Safavi, Stanford University

12:45-13:00         Q&A, Discussion              

13:00-14:00         Lunch   

14:00-14:45         Self-Configuring and Modal Optics

Speaker: David Miller, Stanford University

14:45-15:00         Coffee break     

15:00-15:45         Self-Configuring and Modal Optics continued

Speaker: David Miller, Stanford University

15:45-16:00         Q&A, Discussion              

16:00-17:15         Silicon Photonics Technology

Speaker: Michael Hochberg 

17:15-17:30         Q&A, Discussion       

17:30-19:00         Poster session with refreshments

19:00                    Dinner 

Daily Topic: Laser Applications

7:30-8:30              Breakfast            

8:45-9:00              Road map to today's program    

9:00-9:45              Attosecond Science/FELs

Speaker: David Reis, Stanford University

9:45-10:15           Coffee break     

10:15-10:45         Attosecond Science/FELs continued

Speaker: David Reis, Stanford University

10:45-11:00         Q&A, Discussion              

11:00-11:45         Optical Communication

Speaker: Joseph Kahn, Stanford University

11:45-12:00         Coffee break     

12:00-12:45         Optical Communication continued

Speaker: Joseph Kahn, Stanford University

12:45-13:00         Q&A, Discussion              

13:00-14:00         Lunch   

14:00-14:45         Biophotonics

Speaker: Steve Chu

14:45-15:00         Coffee break     

15:00-15:45         Biophotonics continued

Speaker: Steve Chu

15:45-16:00         Q&A, Discussion              

16:00-19:00         Reception and Conference Dinner

Daily Topic: Lasers in Quantum Science and Engineering

7:30-8:30             Breakfast            

8:45-9:00             Road map to today's program    

9:00-9:45             Frequency Comb Spectroscopy

Speaker: Scott Diddams

9:45-10:15          Coffee break     

10:15-10:45         Frequency Comb Spectroscopy continued

Speaker: Scott Diddams

10:45-11:00         Q&A, Discussion              

11:00-11:45         Inverse-designed photonics

Speaker: Shanhui Fan

11:45-12:00        Coffee break     

12:00-12:45         Inverse-designed photonics continued

Speaker: Shanhui Fan

12:45-13:00         Q&A, Discussion              

13:00-14:00         Lunch   

14:00-15:00         Tour of SLACs   

16:00                    Adjournment

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