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

Program:

Keynote Topic (Benoît Champagne): “An Introduction to Quantum Chemistry Methods for Predicting and Interpreting Molecular Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties”

Anticipated Schedule of Events:

Monday, June 1:
9:00 - Coffee, bagels, informal introductions in Wetherill 201. Assign working groups.
9:30 - Ray transfer matrices and optical beam-path design.
11:00 - Participant Presentations, Round 1.
12:00 - Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 - Review problem set questions
3:00 - Instrumentation and methods for nonlinear optical microscopy.
4:30 - Working Dinner: Break up into groups and start working on problems.


Tuesday, June 2:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Second harmonic generation: molecular interpretation and computational methods (Keynote: Champagne).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 2.
11:30 - Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 - Review problem set questions.
3:00 - Simulating and interpreting SFG spectra (Keynote: Champagne).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).


Wednesday, June 3:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Going from molecular to condensed phase responses (Keynote: Champagne).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 3.
11:30 - Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 - Review problem set questions.
3:00 - Jones vectors, matrices, and tensors (Simpson).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).

Thursday, June 4:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - NLO properties of crystals.
10:30 - Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 - Review problem set questions.
3:00 - NLOPredict (Simpson)
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).

Friday, June 5:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Experimental issues in detection of weak light signals (Invited: Lagutchev).
10:30 - Simpson Group Laboratory Tour
12:00 - Pizza, refreshments, and reminiscing of fond Chautauqua memories (to be held at the Simpson Family Residence
108 Tecumseh Park Place, West Lafayette, 765-497-3370).
2:00 - Program concludes.
Using NLOPredict to interpret experimental SHG and SFG measurements (Simpson)

Participants


Jennifer Achtyl, Northwestern University
Imaging of Acid-Base Chemistry at Aqueous/Solid Interfaces Through
Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy
jachtyl@u.northwestern.edu

Md Shafiul Azam, University of Alberta
Cooperativity at the Interfaces
azam@ualberta.ca

Nathan Begue, Purdue University
Improved Contrast in Nonlinear Optical Imaging by Principal
Component Analysis
nbegue@purdue.edu

Patrick Bisson, Tufts University
Acquiring PAN SFG Measurements of AirlLiquid Interfaces Using a Lab
View Based Operating System for SFG Measurement
patrick.bisson@tufts.edu

Avi Buchbinder, Northwestern University
Cyclic and Acyclic Hydrocarbons on Oxide Surfaces Relevant to Catalysis
studied by Sum-Frequency Generation
a-buchbinder@northwestern.edu

Grazia Gonella, Temple University
SHG: from Supported Chromophores to Nanoparticles
gonella@temple.edu

Ellen Gualtieri, Purdue University
Protein Crystallization Detection by Second Harmonic Generation
egilson@purdue.edu

Xiaofeng Han, University of Michigan
Femtosecond Time-Resolved Transient Fluorescence Spectral Technique Based
On optical parametric amplificantion
xfhan@umich.edu

Sarah E. Harden, Purdue University
Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Chiral Crystals (SONICC) for Single-
Particle Assessment of Enantiomeric Composition
Seharden@purdue.edu

Levi Haupert, Purdue University
SHG Microscopy of Chitin
lhaupert@purdue.edu

David Jordan, Northwestern University
Monitoring the Adsorption of Pollutants at Environmentally Relevant Interfaces Using SHG
davidjordan2013@u.northwestern.edu

Alexander Khmaladze, University of Michigan
Four-Wave Mixing
akhmalad@umich.edu

David Kissick, Purdue University
Imaging of Cryogenically Cooled Protein Crystals
dkissick@purdue.edu

Alexei Lagutchev, University of Illinois
SFG monitoring of shocked and fast heated monolayers
lagutch@scs.uiuc.edu

Dawei Li, University of Michigan
Determine Polymer/Metal Interface by SFG
daweili@umich.edu

Jeremy Madden, Purdue University
Development of Compact Laser Scanning Head for Confocal/NLO Measurements
JTMadden@purdue.edu

Garth Simpson, Purdue University
Idle Ramblings on Nonlinear Optics
gsimpson@purdue.edu

Stephanie Walter, Northwestern University
DNA Hybridization Studied by Sum Frequency Generation
stephaniewalter@u.northwestern.edu

Tuan Vu, Tufts University
Spectroscopic Study of Propane Clathrate Formation
tuan.vu@tufts.edu