Colloquium

The Optical Sciences Colloquium series is a dynamic forum for the rapid and widespread interchange of ideas, techniques, and research in all areas of optics.  We schedule an impressive list of academic scholars and industry leaders to lead discussions and open the program to questions and comments.  All Optical Sciences students and faculty members, as well as members of the optics community and the public are invited to attend. 

 

            Fall 2009                                Contacts:  Professor Mahmoud Fallahi or Ms. Luz Palomarez

 

2009-09-03

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Ivan Deutsch

University of New Mexico

Quantum Control and Measurement: Two Keys to Quantum Information Processing

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2009-09-10

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Harrison Barrett

University of Arizona

DR with a DSLR or Over the Himalaya with a Suitcase

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2009-09-17

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Bahram Jalali

University of California Los Angeles

Real-Time Measurements, Rogue Events and Photon Economics

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2009-09-24

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Charles Falco

University of Arizona

Computerized Image Analysis: Examples and Insights From 1000 Years of Optical Projections

 

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2009-10-01

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Marko Loncar

Harvard

Optical Nanostructures for Advanced Communication Systems

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2009-10-08

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Robert Norwood

University of Arizona

Optical Polymer Nanocomposites:  Designer Materials for Nanophotonics.

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2009-10-15

 

No Colloquium: 

OSA's Frontier's in Optics

2009-10-22

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Yong-Hang Zhang

Arizona State University

6.1 Å II-VI and III-V Semiconductors and Their Application to  Multi- ...

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2009-10-29

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James C. Wyant

University of Arizona

The College of Optical Sciences -- Past, Present, and Future

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2009-11-05

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James Burge

Mirror Technologies for Giant Telescopes

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2009-11-12

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Henry Lezec

NIST

Negative Radiation Pressure

 

2009-11-19

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Scott Diddams

NIST

 

 

2009-11-26

 

No Colloquium:

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

Spring 2009

Contacts:  Professor Stanley Pau or Ms. Luz Palomarez

 

01-29-09

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Ursula Keller
Institute of Quantum Electronics

Moving from VECSELs to MIXSELs: A New Class for Ultrafast Semiconductor Lasers

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02-05-09

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Mark Kahan
Optical Research Associates

Optical Systems Engineering -- From the Navy to the 3-Little  .....

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02-12-09

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Rolf Binder
UA College of Optical Sciences

Of Loops and Ladders: Green's Functions in Nonlinear ...

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02-19-09

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Phil Krider
UA institute of Atmospheric Physics

Lightning -- A Striking Phenomenon

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02-26-09

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Eric Betzig
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Pushing the Envelope in Biological Imaging

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03-05-09

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Alan Willner
USC Electrical Engineering

Optical Communications: Innovations (and their needs) Abound

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03-12-09

 

No Colloquium

 

 

03-19-09

 

No Colloquium:  Spring Break

 

 

03-26-09

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Joseph Ford
USCD

Ultra-Thin Imagers Using Concentric Folding Optics

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04-02-09

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Russell Chipman
UA College of Optical Sciences

Frontiers in Optical Design

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04-09-09

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Irving J. Bigio
Boston University

Elastic Light Scattering Spectroscopy for the Detection ...

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04-16-09

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Jennifer Barton
UA College of ECE

Endoscopes for Optical Coherence Imaging and Fluorescence ...

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04-23-09

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Aephraim Steinberg
University of Toronto

The Good News is Reality exists.  The Bad is It's Even Stranger ...

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04-30-09

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Anthony Siegman
Stanford University

Optics with Gain

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06-05-09 Artur Olszak Engineering of Array Microscopy Video
06-17-09 Nathan Hagen    

 

 

Fall 2008

Contacts:  Professor Stanley Pau or Ms. Luz Palomarez

 

09-04-08

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Yong-Hee Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Nanolasers  Video

09-11-08

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Till W. Liepmann
Northrop Grumman Corporation Space Technologies

Technology and Science of the JWST Space Observatory

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09-18-08

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John H. Hill

University of Arizona

The Large Binocular Telescope

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09-25-08

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Murray Sargent
Microsoft

Physics of Willis E. Lamb Jr.

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10-02-08

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Steven R.J. Brueck

University of New Mexico

Imaging Interferometric Microscopy -- Optics to the Nanoscale

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10-09-08

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George Papen
University of California, San Diego

Electronic Compensation of Nonlinear Crosstalk in ...

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10-16-08

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Yeshaiahu Fainman
University of California, San Diego

Nanophotonics and Metamaterials for Information Systems

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10-23-08

 

No Colloquium:  OSA Annual Meeting

 

 

10-30-08

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Narendra Ahuja
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne

Versatile Cameras

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10-31-08

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Optical Sciences Special Event

A Tribute to Willis E. Lamb Jr.
1955 Nobel Laureate in Physics

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11-13-08

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Don Dilworth
President, Optical Systems Design, Inc.

Lens Design, 40 Years On: Where We Were, Where We Are, ...

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11-20-08

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Jonathan Overpeck

 

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11-27-08

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No Colloquium:  UA Holiday

 

 

 

 

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