Seminars

MODERN OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY
Fall SEMESTER 2008

The Seminar on Modern Optics and Spectroscopy continues its tradition of inviting a broad spectrum of researchers to share their latest work in optics and spectroscopy.

September 16	Jelena Mirkovic , MIT Detecting cervical pre-cancer with “fluorectance” spectroscopy
October 7	Bruce Weisman, Rice University Fluorescence spectra of single-walled carbon nanotubes: From discovery to application
October 14	*2nd Annual Dasari Lecture* Takeshi Oka, University of Chicago H3+ in the central molecular zone of the Galactic center
October 21	M. Fatih Yanik, MIT On-chip femtosecond neurosurgery
November 4	Allard Mosk, University of Twente, The Netherlands Opaque lenses: Using disorder to bring laser light to a focus
November 18	Phillipe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago Slow electron cooling and spin blockage in colloidal quantum dots
November 25	Vladimir Petrovic, MIT Toward pure electronic spectroscopy
December 2	Marko Loncar, Harvard University Light-matter interaction in nanophotonic devices
December 9	Daniel Mittleman, Rice University Terahertz near-field imaging and spectroscopy

TUESDAYS, 12:00-1:00, GRIER ROOM (34-401)
Refreshments served following the seminar

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Co-sponsored by the George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory,
the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and
the School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.