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

Program:

Keynote Presentation: Ji-Xin Cheng, Purdue University “Fundamentals and Applications of CARS Microscopy”
Invited Presentation: Grace Yin, Northwestern University “Making Friends with IGOR: Time-Saving Tools for Data Acquisition, Analysis, and Spectral Fitting”


Monday, May 28th:


9:00 - Coffee, bagels, informal introductions in Wetherill 201.
9:45 - Overview of the Chautauqua program objectives and methods.
10:15 – Participant Presentations, Round 1.
12:00 - Lunch

1:30 - Participant Presentations Round 2.
2:30 – Presentation/Discussion of classical and quantum descriptions of nonlinear optics of monomers and polymers.
3:30 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
4:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.

Tuesday, May 29th:



9:00 - Presentation/Discussion of NLOPredict as a tool for visualizing the tensors of individual chromophores and biopolymers.
10:00 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
11:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.
12:00 – Lunch

1:30 – Presentation/Discussion of SFG Spectral Fitting (facilitated by Grace Yin).
2:30 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
3:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.

Wednesday, May 30th:


9:00 - Presentation/Discussion of NLO Microscopy (TPEF and SHG) (facilitated by Ji-Xin Cheng).
10:00 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
11:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.
12:00 – Lunch

1:30 – Presentation/Discussion of NLO Microscopy (CARS) (facilitated by Ji-Xin Cheng).
2:30 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
3:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.
4:00 – Tour of Ji-Xin Cheng’s NLO Imaging Laboratory in Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.

Thursday, May 31st:

9:00 - Presentation/Discussion of Fresnel factors and geometric projection terms for appropriate treatment of the interfacial optics.
10:00 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
11:30 – Reconvene and compare notes.
12:00 – Lunch

1:30 – Presentation/Discussion of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
2:30 - Break up into groups and start working on problems.
3:30 – Reconvene and compare notes (e.g., at a miniature golf course in town, weather permitting). The events should finish up around ~4:30 pm on Friday.

Participants:

Nkeng Asong, Tufts University, “Iron Modification of Anatase TiO2 using Methanol as a Molecular Probe: A Sum-Frequency Generation Approach”
Nathan Begue, Purdue University, “Fast Polarization Analysis by Nonlinear Optical Stokes Ellipsometry”
Michael Brindza, University of Maryland, “Studying Solvation at Liquid Interfaces”
Avi Buchbinder, Northwestern University, “Broadband SFG studies of models for atmospheric mineral-dust aerosols”
Ji-Xin Cheng, Purdue University, “Fundamentals and Applications of CARS Microscopy”
Ali Eftekhari-Bafrooei, Temple University, “Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecular Interfaces”
Julianne Gibbs-Davis, Northwestern University, “Unusual Acid/Base Behavior at the Solid/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface”
Ellen Gilson, Purdue University, “Dielectrophoretic Spectroscopy of Smooth Muscle Cells”
Grazia Gonella, Temple University, “Orientational Order & Hyperpolarizability of Nonlinear Chromophore Molecules Supported in Amphiphilic Peptides”
Victoria Hall, Purdue University, “NOSE Microscopy"
Levi Haupert, Manchester College, “Electrical Connections to Composite Buss Bars”
Brandon Huff, Purdue University, “In Vivo Multimodal Multiphoton Imaging of the Nervous System”
Oleksandr Isaienko, Temple University, “Broadband Optical Parametric Amplifiers: Tools for Ultrafast Non-Linear Optical Studies”
Xiaolin Lu, University of Michigan,
Clayton McKee, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, “Sum-Frequency Generation from an Organic Layer under Shear”
Khoi Tan Nguyen, University of Michigan, “Tomography using Raman Spectroscopy: An MRI Alternative”
Allison Pymer, Temple University, “Nonlinear Optical Studies of Colloidal Particle Interfaces”
Grace Yin Stokes, Northwestern University, “DNA-functionalized silica surfaces and Br-substituted aromatics on silicon surfaces studied by sum frequency generation”
Debbie Wanapun, Purdue University, “Addressing the Damage Threshold Problem in NLO Microscopy”
Serenity Michelle Wang, University of Pennsylvania, “Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of Colloids”
Jia Zeng, University of Pennsylvania, “Time-Resolved Molecular Transport across Living Cell Membranes by Optical Second Harmonic Generation”
Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, “Vibrational Imaging of Dietary Fat Absorption in Mouse Small Intestine by CARS Microscopy"