Third Annual Chautauqua on Nonlinear Optics
West Lafayette IN
Program
Keynote Presentation: Alexander Benderskii, Wayne State University “Time-Domain
Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights”
Invited Presentation: Alexei Lagutchev, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign “Instrumentation for Broadband SFG”
Monday, June 2nd:
9:00 - Coffee, bagels, informal introductions in Wetherill 201. Assign working groups.
9:30 - The molecular tensor – interpretations and representations.
11:00 – Participant Presentations, Round 1.
12:00 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).
2:30 - Review problem set questions
3:00 – Coupled systems: molecular tensors of dimers and polymers.
Introduction to NLOPredict.
4:30 - Working Dinner: Break up into groups and start working on problems.
Tuesday, June 3rd:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights I (Benderskii).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 2.
11:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).
2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights II (Benderskii).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).
Wednesday, June 4th::
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Instrumentation for Broadband SFG (Lagutchev).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 3.
11:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).
2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Molecular frame to laboratory frame: Jones tensors.
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).
Thursday, June 5th:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Fresnel factors.
10:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).
2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Mystery Topic I (selected by the participants).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).
Friday, June 6th:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Mystery Topic II (selected by the participants).
10:30 – Simpson Group Laboratory Tour
11:30 – Break for lunch.
3:00 – Informal Panel Discussion on the Future of Nonlinear Optics. Pizza and refreshments provided by the Chautauqua.
7:00 – Program concludes.
Participants:
Chris Avery, University of Michigan
Studies of Molecular Mechanisms of Marine Biofouling and Anti-Biofouling
Alexander Benderskii, Wayne State University
Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights
Faith Boman, Northwestern University
Resonantly-enhanced SHG spectroscopy of DNA-functionalized interfaces
Jeffrey Carter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Probing heat dynamics with SFG
Ehow Chen, Northwestern University
Nonlinear Optical Studies of Sugars at Interfaces
Stephanie Le Clair, University of Michigan
Studies on Islet Amyloid Polypeptide using SFG
Ian M. Craig, University of California, Los Angeles
Nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polymer thin films: understanding
interfaces in organic semiconductor devices
Sarah C. Flores, Texas A&M
Specific ion effects at protein surfaces studied by vibrational sum frequency
spectroscopy
Ellen Gilson, Purdue University
Crystal polymorphism detection by SHG
Victoria Hall, Purdue University
Early stages of heterogeneous crystal nucleation probed by SHG microscopy
Levi Haupert, Purdue University
NLOPredict for Visualization and Data Analysis in SHG and SFG
Patrick L. Hayes, Northwestern University
Tracking alkaline earth metals and the surfactant CTAB at environmental
interfaces using nonlinear optics
Randy Heiland, Indiana University
NLOPredict
David Kissick, Purdue University
Protein crystallization microchip with nonlinear optical readout
Alexei Lagutchev, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Practical methods of generating narrow-band visible/NIR pulses for SFG
spectroscopy
Emily Lamberson, Purdue University
Controlling the Charge and Organization of Anionic Lipid Bilayers with
Monovalent and Divalent Ions
Jeremy Madden, Purdue University
Resonant Z-scanning confocal SHG microscopy
Sergey Malyk, University of Southern California
Trapping and Release of CO2 Guest Molecules by Amorphous Ice
Rachel N Masyuko, Notre Dame
Three Dimensional Molecular Imaging for Lignocellulosic Materials
Khoi Nguyen, University of Michigan
Studies on interactions of peptides/proteins on lipid bilayers
Francisco Rodriguez, Tampere University of Technology
Measurement of surface and bulk susceptibilities of glass using two-beam
second-harmonic generation
Fadel Y. Shalhout, Wayne State University
Orientational Dynamics in SFG Line Shapes
Qing Shi, University of Michigan
Anti-protein-fouling zwitterionic material
Garth Simpson, Purdue University
Idle ramblings on various topics
Debbie Wanapun, Purdue University
New Classes of Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials Utilizing Chiral
Templating in DNA-Based Polymers
Anne Vázquez, University of Michigan
Correlating buried interfacial structures to polymer adhesion using sum
frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy