2006 Cross Border Workshop:
         

Conference Overview
Conference Themes
Schedule
Submissions
Travel and Lodging
Registration
Questions

June 1-3, 2006
Department of Physics
University of Connecticut

ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPANT LIST AVAILABLE HERE


Conference Overview

This workshop is the eighth in an annual series that began in 1999. The first workshop was held at the National Research Council in Ottawa. The goal of this series is to bring together scientists, including students and postdoctoral fellows, from around the "greater Great Lakes region" of Canada and the U.S. to work and interact in an informal setting where questions, debate and discussion are encouraged and form the backbone of the workshop.

Attendees come from the optics and photonics community (very broadly defined) and meet to discuss fundamental science and application in physics, chemistry and biology. Each workshop chooses an overall theme.

Conference Themes and Format

The Cross-Border Workshop Series always includes a wide variety of topics centering on ultrafast and intense field laser science, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, attosecond phenomena, atomic and molecular physics and related applications. This year's workshop will emphasize the following themes:

  • Biophotonics:
    Impact of ultrafast lasers on biology.
    Ultrafast processes in biological molecules.
    Nonlinear microscopy and coherent control.
  • Multielectron effects in intense short-pulse interactions from atoms to molecules to solids.
  • Ultracold phenomena and quantum information.
  • Quantum imaging:
    From quantum control to wavefunction imaging.
    Entanglement and quantum imaging.
  • Applications of ultrafast sources.
The conference sessions will have a variety of formats, including tutorials, workshops, regular and invited talks, and a new student/postdoc only session.

Schedule and Confirmed Speakers

Thursday, June 1, 2006
Check-in and welcome reception, 12:00-3:00 pm, Biology/Physics Building, Room 130.
Afternoon I (3:00-4:30): Ultrafast biology

Neal Woodbury, Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology, Arizona State University
"The Initial Electron Transfer Reaction of Photosynthesis: A new model for an old problem"

Helmut Satzger, NRC, Canada
"Direct Observation of Ultrafast Dynamics in DNA Bases,"

Dariusz Niedzwiedzki, University of Connecticut


Afternoon II (4:45-6:15): Coherent control of biological systems

Nirit Dudovich, NRC, Canada
"Femtosecond coherent control for nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy"

Svetlana Malinovskaya, University of Michigan
"Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of Biological Systems"

Evening I (8:00-10:00): Poster session

Friday, June 2, 2006
Morning I (8:30-10:00): Quantum control and wavefunction imaging

Paul Corkum, NRC, Canda
"Measuring and Controlling the Birth of Attosecond Pulses"

Oliver Gessner, NRC, Canada
"Femtosecond Multidimensional Imaging - Watching Chemistry from the Molecule's Point of View"

Brett Pearson, Stony Brook
"Dissociative wave packets in large molecules: control and measurement"


Morning II (10:15-11:45): Entanglement and quantum imaging

Misha Ivanov, NRC, Canada
"Phase-resolved electron spectroscopy of correlated processes"

Ben Sussman, NRC, Canada
"Shaping Potential Energy Surfaces with the Dynamic Stark Shift"

Matt Partlow, University of Toronto, Canada
"Quantum tomography of cold atomic systems"

Lunch
Afternoon I (1:00-2:30): Student session for students only!
Dave Clader,University of Rochester
"Test of exact solutions for non-EIT fast-light pulses"
Hong Cong,University of Connecticut
"Femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of open chain carotenoids"
Renuka Rajapakse,University of Connecticut
"Optical coupling and parametric sideband generation in a semiconductor bound exciton"
Sarah Nichols,Stony Brook
"Production of highly charged states of molecular nitrogen in an impulsively aligned sample"
Li Fang/Brad Moser,University of Connecticut
"Observation of Lyman-alpha radiation from femtosecond excitation of hydrogen molecular ions"
Ryan Coffee,University of Connecticut
"Wave-front and wave-packet dissociation in nitrogen molecular ions"

Afternoon II (2:45-4:15): Multielectron effects from atoms to solids

Joe Eberly, University of Rochester
"In-plane theory of non-sequential triple ionization (NSTI)"

Chunlei Guo, University of Rochester
"Electron correlation effects in 1-, 2-, and 3-electron phenomena"

Afternoon III (4:30-6:00): Applications of ultrafast sources

Christoph Rose-Petruck, Brown University
"Ultrafast structural motions during chemical reactions and cancer imaging with partially coherent x-ray sources"

Joe Sanderson, University of Waterloo
"Laser Induced Coincidence Coulomb Imaging"

Banquet

Saturday, June 3, 2006
Morning I (8:30-10:00): Ultracold processes

Juha Javanainen, University of Connecticut

Phil Gould, University of Connecticut
"Control of Ultracold Collisions with Frequency-Chirped Light"

Tun Wang, University of Connecticut
"BCS-BEC crossover in lattice: A direct diagonalization approach"

Morning II (10:15-12:00): Quantum information

Misha Lukin, Harvard University

Robin Cote, University of Connecticut
"Quantum computing with switchable dipoles"

Susanne Yelin, University of Connecticut
"Negative refraction without absorption using quantum interference"

Conference ends


Possible lab tours (1:00-5:00)

Submissions

All participants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster. Some poster submissions will be selected for oral presentations.

Only abstracts received before 5/12/2006 will be considered for oral presentations.

Submissions should consist of a single page with the title, authors, abstract, and a short summary. Please indicate if you would like to have the abstract considered for a contributed talk. Abstracts should be sent in .pdf format to George Gibson

Travel and Lodging

Housing will be provided at the University of Connecticut Residence Halls:
Single room: $55.00 per person/night
Double room: $38.00 per person/night
The residence halls are clean, comfortable, and air-conditioned. They are arranged in suites consisting of two bedrooms, a common room, and a bathroom. "Single" occupancy means each person has his/her own bedroom, but will share a bathroom with the other person in the suite. "Double" occupancy means two people per room and the four people in the suite sharing a bathroom. More information on the residence halls can be found at http://www.reslife.uconn.edu/.

Hotel option - A block of rooms has also been reserved at the Best Western Regent Inn in Mansfield, Connecticut. The Best Western is located approximately 10 minutes from the campus. The room rate is $69 per night, plus taxes. Please call them direct at 860-423-8451 to make reservations. Be sure to specify that you are attending the Cross Borders Workshop at UConn.

The closest airport to the University of Connecticut is Bradley Airport in Hartford, CT.
Driving information to the University of Connecticut can be found at http://www.uconn.edu/campuses/storrs.php.

Registration and Fees

Click here to proceed to the registration site.

  1. Registration is being handled by our College of Continuing Studies. Thus, this workshop is actually listed as a course.
  2. You need a social security number to register. Please see instructions below if you do not have one.
  3. After selecting the above link, select "Select this Course".
  4. Select "Click Here" to continue.
  5. On this screen, choose housing if you want on-campus housing. Students select the discount option.
  6. Select "Update" to see total cost.
  7. Select "Proceed to Register" to continue.
  8. Scroll to bottom of screen and select "Click here to create a new sign-in" under "New Student?"
  9. Select "Submit" to continue.

Registration fees before 5/12/2006:
Standard registration: $200
Student registration: $150

Includes all meals and break service beginning with dinner on June 1 and ending with breakfast on June 3.

Registration after 5/12/2006 will include a $50 surcharge.

Overnight housing fees are additional (see above). Please remember if choosing the housing option that you choose the registration fee plus the appropriate housing choice when registering.

Students registering online need to click on "Cross Border - Student" in the discounts area of the registration page to get the appropriate student fee.

If you do not have a social security number you will need to apply for a system generated password and ID from the University. You can apply for this password and ID when you sign in on the College of Continuing Studies website "Sign in Page" under the "Existing Account?" area. After you receive the email from the University with your log-in information you can then log in as a returning student on the website.

The University of Connecticut accepts MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and Diners International.

Other registration options:
Telephone: 1-877-892-6264 (Toll free) or 860-486-4905.
Mail: Print the registration form from the website, complete the form and enclose payment in full. Mail to University of Connecticut, Cross Border Workshop, One Bishop Circle, Unit 4056, Storrs, CT 06269-4056.

Questions or Problems?

Don't hesitate to e-mail or call George Gibson at 860-486-3857.