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2024 Siegman International School on Lasers

Afternoon Arrivals

 

15:00 - 18:00                Registration Check-in, Stern Hall, Larkin West, Galvez St.

19:00 - 20:30               Opening Reception, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, Room #300, Mackenzie Room

Eric Van Stryland, CREOL (2014 Siegman Chair and 2006 Optica President)

Daily Topic: Science of Lasers

 

07:30 – 08:30             Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

08:45 – 09:00             Day 1 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201

                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

09:00 – 09:15              Remembering Tony Siegman

                                                        Jeannie Siegman and Robert L. Byer

09:15 – 10:00               Lasers Then, Now, and Future

Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, USA

10:00 – 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30                Lasers Then, Now, and Future (continued)

                                                        Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, USA

11:30 – 12:30                Parametric Down Conversion Over 60 Years

Stephen Harris, Stanford University, USA

12:30 – 13:00               Nonlinear Optics Demonstration

                                                        Stanford Optica Student Chapter (STU)

13:00 – 14:00               Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor

14:00 – 15:00               Quantum Optics & Photonic Inverse Design

                                                 Giovanni Scuri and Geun Ho Ahn, Stanford University, USA

15:00 – 15:30               Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:15                  Quantum Optics & Photonic Inverse Design (continued)

Giovanni Scuri and Geun Ho Ahn, Stanford University, USA

16:15 – 17:30                Nano, Pico, and Femtosecond Lasers for Micromachining

                                                        James Kafka, Emeritus Fellow, Spectra-Physics / MKS, USA

17:30 – 19:00               Poster Session #1, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center

19:00                            Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

Daily Topic: Laser Measurement Science

 

07:30 – 08:30             Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

08:45 – 09:00             Day 2 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201

                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

09:00 – 10:00              Ultrafast Lasers

Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

10:00 – 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15                 Ultrafast Lasers (continued)

Ursula Keller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

11:15 – 12:00                 Quantum Computers

Jon Simon, Stanford University, USA

12:00 – 13:00               Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor

13:00 – 14:00               Quantum Computers (continued)

Jon Simon, Stanford University, USA

14:00 – 14:45                Post von Neumann Computing

                                                Hideo Mabuchi, Stanford University, USA

14:45 – 15:15                Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15                 Post von Neumann Computing (continued)

                                                                Hideo Mabuchi, Stanford University, USA

16:15 – 17:30                  Commercial Laser Applications

                                                                Julie Eng, Coherent Corp., USA

17:30 – 19:00               Poster Session #2, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center

19:00                           Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

Daily Topic: Integrated Photonics

 

07:30 – 08:30             Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

08:45 – 09:00             Day 3 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201

                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

09:00 – 10:00              Programmable Photonics

                                                                Francesco Morichetti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

10:00 – 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15                 Programmable Photonics (continued)

                                                                Francesco Morichetti, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

11:15 – 12:00                 Quantum Nonlinear Integrated Photonics

                                                                Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, USA

12:00 – 13:00               Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor

13:00 – 14:00               Quantum Nonlinear Integrated Photonics (continued)

                                                Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, USA

14:00 – 14:45                A New Way of Making, Using and Understanding Optics

David Miller, Stanford University, USA

14:45 – 15:15                Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15                 A New Way of Making, Using and Understanding Optics (continued)

David Miller, Stanford University, USA

16:15 – 17:30                Adventures in Silicon Photonics

                                                                Michael Hochberg, Centre for Geopolitics, USA

17:30 – 19:00               Poster Session #3, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center

19:00                            Dinner, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

Daily Topic: Laser Applications

 

07:30 – 08:30             Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

08:45 – 09:00             Day 4 Kick-Off, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201

                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

09:00 – 10:00              Attosecond Science/FELs

                                                                Agostino Marinelli and James Cryan, Stanford University, USA

10:00 – 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15                 Attosecond Science/FELs (continued)

                                                                Agostino Marinelli and James Cryan, Stanford University, USA

11:15 – 12:00                 Optical Communication

                                                Joseph Kahn, Stanford University, USA

12:00 – 13:00               Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor

13:00 – 14:00               Optical Communication (continued)

                                                Joseph Kahn, Stanford University, USA

14:00 – 14:45                Biophotonics

Steve Chu, Stanford University, USA

14:45 – 15:15                Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:15                 Biophotonics (continued)

Steve Chu, Stanford University, USA

17:00 – 17:30                The Genesis of the Siegman School, Faculty Club (Cedar Room)

Speakers: Jeannie Siegman, Gary Bjorklund, and Eric Van Stryland

17:30 – 19:00               Celebrating the Siegman International School on Lasers Evening Soirée

 

Daily Topic: Lasers in Quantum Science and Engineering

 

07:30 – 08:30             Breakfast, Arillaga Family Dining Commons

08:45 – 09:00             Kick-Off Day 5, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room #201

                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

09:00 – 10:00              Frequency Comb Spectroscopy

                                                                Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

10:00 – 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15                 Frequency Comb Spectroscopy (continued)

                                                                Scott Diddams, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

11:15 – 12:00                 Synthetic Dimensions in Photonics

Shanhui Fan, Stanford University, USA

12:00 – 13:00               Lunch, Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences Building, Second Floor

13:00 – 14:00               Synthetic Dimensions in Photonics (continued)

Shanhui Fan, Stanford University, USA

14:00 – 14:30               Closing Remarks/Adjournment

                                                                Chairs: Martin M. Fejer and Olav Solgaard, Stanford University, USA

14:30 – 15:30               Optional Tour of Ginzton Laboratory

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