Ultrafast Phenomena at the Nanoscale 2014

July 11-13th 2014

OIST

Overview

The Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit invites you to a post-Ultrafast Phenomena 2014 workshop on Ultrafast Dynamics in Nanoscale Systems to be held at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate University (OIST) on July 11-13th 2014. OIST is the premier interdisciplinary graduate school established in Nov. 2011 in the resort of Onna-son, Okinawa. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a focused forum for the discussion of the leading research in the field of ultrafast phenomena in solid-state systems, and to highlight the related research at OIST. A tour of the laboratory facilities will be provided on Friday afternoon, and cultural activities will be organized on Sunday afternoon.

Organizers

Keshav Dani, OIST
Hrvoje Petek, University of Pittsburgh

Program

The Workshop will officially start the afternoon of the 11th July after the conclusion of Ultrafast Phenomena 2014; and it will conclude with dinner on the 13th of July.

The detailed program is available here. For any questions please contact the organizers.

Invited Speakers

Jean-Yves Bigot, CNRS
Phil Bucksbaum, Stanford University
Steven Cundiff, University of Colorado Boulder
Ulrich Hofer, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Kunie Ishioka, National Institute for Materials Science
Shaul Mukamel, University of California Irvine
Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado Boulder
Keith Nelson, MIT
Chiko Otani, RIKEN
Rohit Prasankumar, Los Alamos National Lab
Charles Schmuttenmaer, Yale University
Koichiro Tanaka, Kyoto University
Jerome Tignon, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Masayoshi Tonouchi, Osaka University

Access information

Directions for accessing the campus and a map of the area are available here. More information will be added soon.