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Twentieth Annual Chautauqua on Nonlinear Optics

June 16 - June 20, 2025

Organizer:
Garth Simpson
Chi Zhang
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

Keynote Speaker: Megan Thielges

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Indiana University Bloomington

Presenting:
TBD

 

Sponsored by:

AlazarTech
LightConversion
EKSPLA
EKSPLA

 


 


Held at the Purdue University Campus,
West Lafayette, IN 47907

This week-long intensive, interactive annual summer short course program on nonlinear optical and multi-photon phenomena is designed to engage participants in nuts-and-bolts discussions on issues related to measurements and analysis. This year’s focus subject will target around polarization analysis in nonlinear optics for interfacial science and microscopy. The program is designed to target participants with approximately 1-2 years of hands-on experience in nonlinear optics.

Participation will be capped at 30, decided largely by the date on which the application/registration is received. Applications received before May 1st will be given top priority. Registration for the complete 5-day program is $95. 

2025 Chautauqua Registration Form

 

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1. The Molecular Frame

  • The Molecular Tensor
  • Time Dependent Perturbation Theory
  • Tensor Visualization I
  • Tensor Visualization II
  • Unit Vector Spheres
  • Tensor Vectorization
  • Molecular Symmetry
  • Character Tables I
  • Character Tables II
  • Character Tables III

    • 2. The Macromolecular Frame

  • Dimers I
  • Dimers II
  • Dimers III

    • 3. The Local Frame

  • Coordinate Transformations
  • Coordinate Transformation: Azimuthal Example
  • P212121 Symmetry
  • Uniaxial Symmetry
  • Uniaxial Symmetry: Collagen

    • 4. The Jones Frame

  • Review: Jones Calculus
  • Local Frame to Jones Frame
  • Incident and Detected Polarization
  • Example: Collagen
  • Polarization Rotation Measurements
  • Phase Modulation Measurements
  • Polarization In Polarization Out
  • Fresnel factors
  • Gaussian Beams and the Paraxial Approximation
  • Measurements with High NA Optics
  • Phase Matching
  • The Guoy Phase Shift
  • Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering I
  • Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering II
  • Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering III: Arbitrary Symmetry

    • 5. The Mueller Frame

  • Mueller Matrices
  • Mueller Tensors
  • Local Frame Symmetry
  • Reference Frame Rotation in the Mueller Frame
  • Vectorization of Mueller Tensors
  • The Elementar Transformation Matrix E
  • Polarization Rotation Measurements in Partially Depolarizing Media
  • Model 1: Depolarizing Media
  • Model 2: Depolarizing Media
  • Model 3: Hyperrayleigh Scattering

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