2022 Colloquia
Wavefront Sensing and Control for Aligning the JWST
Monday, April 25, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. James Fienup, Professor of Optics, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Zoom only
Continue ReadingWhat is Quantum?
Monday, September 12, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Gerd Leuchs presenting via Zoom
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingTowards the Quantum Internet: Building an Entanglement-sharing Quantum Network
Monday, September 19, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Professor Eden Figueroa, Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Lab presenting live in G101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingSeeing Space Through Time: How Humans Process Visual Space
Monday, September 26, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Professor Michele Rucci, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester presenting live in G101
In-person in Goergen 101 & Zoom
Continue ReadingPolarization Observations: From Cloud Emission to Fresnel Dominated Scattering
Monday, October 3, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Professor Meredith Kupinski, College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona presenting live in G101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingQuantum Limits to Sensing our World: Hearing Mother Nature's Quietest Whispers
Monday, October 10, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Professor Jonathan Habif, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Sciences Institute, Viterbi School of Engineering USC, presenting Live in G101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingQuantum Photonic Integrated Circuits (QPICs): Heterogeneous Integration of Qubit Technologies
Monday, October 24, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Michael Fanto, Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate in the Quantum Technologies Branch presenting live in Goergen 101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingBuilding Blocks for Large-scale Classical and Quantum Photonics
Monday, October 31, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Carlos Errando Herranz, Marie Curie Fellow, Quantum Photonics Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology presenting live in Goergen 101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingTackling Longstanding Challenges in Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics via Foreign but Familiar Physics
Monday, November 7, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Jeffrey Moses Assistant Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University presenting live in Goergen 101
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingOptical Innovations for Communications & Beyond in the Era of 5G and F5G
Monday, November 14, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Xiang Liu, Chief Expert on Optical Communication Standards, Huawei Hong Kong Research Center, Adjunct Professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zoom only
Continue ReadingSilicon Nitride Integrated Stabilized Lasters and Photonics for Visible to Infrared Atom, Quantum and Communications Applications
Monday, November 21, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Daniel J. Blumenthal, Distinguished Professor of ECE, University of California Santa Barbara
Zoom only
Continue ReadingNew developments in ISO standards for optics
Monday, November 28, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dave Aikens, Founder of Savvy Optics Corps
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
Continue ReadingPlasma-Based Laser Amplifiers and Particle Accelerators
Monday, December 5, 2022
3:30 p.m.
Dr. Jessica Shaw, Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
In-person in Goergen 101 and Zoom
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