Colloquium & Seminar Schedule
Colloquia talks at the Institute of Optics are typically every Monday during the semester. Detailed information is posted as it becomes available. Check back often for updates and new events.
Visit the colloquia archives page for a list of past colloquia talks.
Polarized Super Resolution Optical Microscopy in 3D for Structural Imaging in Biology
Monday, May 5, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Sophie Brasselet, PhD, Director of Research CNRS, Director of Institut Fresnel, Institut Fresnel CNRS UMR 7249, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingQuantum Control of Levitated Nanoparticles
Monday, April 21, 2025
4:30 p.m.
Lukas Novotny, Full Professor at the Department of Information and Technology and Electrical Engineering
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingSurprises in Quantum Optics
Monday, April 21, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Peter W. Milonni, PhD, University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingAstronomical Instruments On a Chip - Getting Ready for the Next-Generation Telescopes
Monday, April 14, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Pradip Gatkine, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingOptically Barcoding Cells and Tissues Through Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging
Monday, April 7, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Rohit Bhargava, Director of the Cancer Center at Illinois and Grainger, Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingRoutes for Integrated Photonics and Meta-Optics in Quantum Technologies and Precision Experiments
Monday, March 31, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Stefanie Kroker, Full Professor, TU Braunschweig
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingPlasmonic Metasurface as an Imaging Device: Multi-spectral Infrared Microscopy with Vibrational Contrast
Monday, March 24, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Gennady Shvets, Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingCANCELED | NSF OPAL: An NSF Midscale Research Infrastructure (RI-1) Design and Prototyping Project for a Next-Generation, Ultraintense Laser User Facility
Monday, March 17, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Jonathan Zuegel, Professor of Optics, Director and Distinguished Scientist, Laser and Materials Technology Division, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingInformation Carried in The Structure of Light
Monday, March 3, 2025
4:30 p.m.
Eileen Otte, Professor, Institute of Optics
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingLiquid Crystals Under Two Extremes: High Power Laser Irradiation and Single - Photon Level
Monday, February 24, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Svetlana Lukishova, Professor of Optics, The Institute of Optics
Presented in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingLight sources for scalable quantum interconnect: from single photons to scale-invariant lasers
Monday, February 17, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Walid Redjem, Empire Innovation Assistant Professor at SUNY Albany
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingFrom Freeform to Metaform: Optical Technologies for AR/VR Displays
Monday, February 10, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Daniel Nikolov, Research Engineer and Adjunct Instructor at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingOpto-Mechanics in Standard Platforms: Single Mode Fibers and Silicon-on-insulator
Monday, February 3, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Avinoam Zadok, Full Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Technion
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
Continue ReadingAdventures in Biomedical Optics in Customized Vision Correction, Real-time Intraoperative Nerve Imaging and Microplastics/Microfiber Detection
Monday, January 27, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Wayne H. Knox, Professor of Optics, Physics, Vision Science, Materials Science and Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, and Chief Science Officer, Clerio Vision
Presented in-person in Goergen 101 and on Zoom
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