Howard Milchberg
04 - 07 August 2025
'Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Events
Howard Milchberg
University of Maryland, USA
Spatiotemporal optical vortices: from linear to relativistic intensities
I will introduce the new area of spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs), showing that they are necessary and ubiquitous structures in ultrashort pulse optics, and play a major role in intense laser-matter interactions
About the Speaker
Howard Milchberg received his B. Eng. in engineering physics from McMaster University and a Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University. Among his awards are the APS John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and the APS Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optica (formerly OSA). He is a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Distinguished University Professor at Maryland.
