Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Presentations

• New Light and New Science: Terahertz-Induced Extreme Nonlinear Optical Transients in Semiconductor Quantum Wells

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  May 16, 2009, 10:30 AM – May 16, 2009, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • Yun-Shik Lee

    • Oregon State University

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• Intense narrow band terahertz generation via type-II DFG in ZnTe

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 11:06 AM – May 16, 2009, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • Joe Tomaino

  • Andy Jameson

    • Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507

  • Jeremy Danielson

  • Yun-Shik Lee

  • K. Vodopyanov

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• Terahertz Properties of an Organic Nonlinear Optical Crystal

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 11:18 AM – May 16, 2009, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Andy Jameson

    • Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507

  • Joseph Tomaino

    • Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507

  • Yun-Shik Lee

    • Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507

  • Ji-Youn Seo

    • Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea

  • O-Pil Kwon

    • Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea

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• Finite-size and confinement effects in spin-polarized trapped Fermi gases

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 11:30 AM – May 16, 2009, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • Mark Ku

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia/TRIUMF

  • Jens Braun

    • TRIUMF

  • Achim Schwenk

    • TRIUMF

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• Hydrogen and Helium atoms in strong magnetic fields

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 11:42 AM – May 16, 2009, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • Anand Thirumalai

    • University of British Columbia

  • Jeremy Heyl

    • University of British Columbia

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• BREAK

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  May 16, 2009, 11:54 AM – May 16, 2009, 12:14 PM

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• Optical antennas for nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy: probing matter on its natural time and length scales

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  May 16, 2009, 12:14 PM – May 16, 2009, 12:50 PM

  Authors

  • Markus Raschke

    • University of Washington

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• Ultrashort laser pulse absorption and target heating

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 12:50 PM – May 16, 2009, 1:02 PM

  Authors

  • Sergey Bochkarev

    • Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    • Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  • Andrei Brantov

    • P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

  • Valery Bychenkov

  • Mark Sherlock

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College, London, UK

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• An intuitive approach to broadband dispersion measurements in high finesse optical cavities

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 1:02 PM – May 16, 2009, 1:14 PM

  Authors

  • T.J. Hammond

    • University of British Columbia

  • Arthur K. Mills

    • University of British Columbia

  • David J. Jones

    • University of British Columbia

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• Characterizing Galbumin as a high molecular weight contrast agent in MRI - A novel dual contrast agent protocol

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 1:14 PM – May 16, 2009, 1:26 PM

  Authors

  • Firas Moosvi

    • UBC Student

  • Stefan Reinsberg

    • UBC Assistant Professor

  • Jennifer Baker

    • BC Cancer Research Centre PhD. Candidate

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• Calibration of holographic optical tweezers for force measurements on biomaterials

  ORAL

  May 16, 2009, 1:26 PM – May 16, 2009, 1:38 PM

  Authors

  • Astrid van der Horst

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6

  • Nancy R. Forde

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6

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