Program

LMM 2018 Program

Sunday, January 14
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00	Registration and Gathering
08:30-09:00
09:00-11:15	Opening Session Chair:Martial Ducloy
09:00-09:05	Mudi Sheves, Weizmann Institute of Science Greetings
09:05-09:10	Nir Davidson, Weizmann Institute of Science Greetings
09:10-09:20	Yehiam's biography - "the first 70 years"
09:20-09:25	Martial Ducloy , Université Paris Introduction
09:25-10:10	Serge Haroche, Collège de France, CNRS Quantum metrology with Schrodinger cat states
10:10-10:35	Barak Dayan, Weizmann Institute of Science A quantum gate between a single photon and a single atom
10:35-11:00	Michael Rosenbluh, Bar-Ilan University Enabling the Use of the Bandwidth Resource in Coherent Optical Detection
11:00-11:15	Coffee Break
11:15-14:30	Session 2 Chair:Reshef Tenne
11:15-11:20	Reshef Tenne, Weizmann Institute of Science Introduction
11:20-12:05	Eric Mazur, Harvard University Extreme optics at zero index of refraction
12:05-12:30	Moti Segev, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Topological Photonics
12:30-14:30	Lunch Break + Poster Session
14:30-16:10	Session 3 Chair:Alfred Levine
14:30-14:35	Alfred Levine , College of Staten Island Introduction
14:35-15:00	Eli Pollak, Weizmann Institute of Science The Quantum Transition Path Time Distribution - Vanishing Tunneling Flight Times and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
15:00-15:25	Gregor Knopp , Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland FWM – spectroscopy: Moving from the visible to FEL based X-ray experiments
15:25-15:50	Iddo Pinkas , Weizmann Institute of Science in-vivo/in-situ micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging
15:50-16:10	Coffee Break
16:10-18:15	Session 4 Chair:Wolfgang Kautek
16:10-16:15	Wolfgang Kautek , University of Vienna Introduction
16:15-17:00	Philip Bucksbaum , Stanford University When Ultrafast X-rays Meet Matter
17:00-17:25	Yaron Silberberg , Weizmann Institute of Science The Challenge of Low-Frequency CARS
17:25-17:50	Valery Milner , The University of British Columbia Coherent control of chaotic systems
17:50-18:15	Sharly Fleischer, Tel Aviv University Rotational Echo Spectroscopy – Centrifugal Restoration and more

Monday, January 15
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00	Registration and Gathering
08:30-09:00
09:00-10:55	Session 1 Chair:Uzi Even
09:00-09:05	Uzi Even , Tel Aviv University Introduction
09:05-09:50	Paul Corkum , University of Ottawa Linking high harmonic generation from solids and gases
09:50-10:15	Nirit Dudovich , Weizmann Institute of Science Multidimensional Attosecond Spectroscopy
10:15-10:40	Arie Zigler , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Long, high density plasma wire generated in air by fsec laser filamentation
10:40-10:55	Coffee Break
10:55-14:00	Session 2 Chair: Zamik Rosenwaks
10:55-11:00	Zamik Rosenwaks, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Introduction
11:00-11:45	Shaul Mukamel , University of California, Irvine coherent ultrafast spectroscopy of molecules with X ray and quantum light
11:45-12:10	Andrey Shalit , Universitat Zurich 2D Raman–THz spectroscopy reveals hydrogen-bonds networks inhomogeneities in aqueous salt solutions and supercooled water
12:10-12:35	Mark Stockman, Georgia State University Latest Progress in Spasers (Plasmonic Nanolasers)
12:35-14:00	Lunch Break + Poster Session
14:00-15:40	Session 3 Chair: Asher Friesem
14:00-14:05	Asher Friesem, Weizmann Institute of Science Introduction
14:05-14:30	Tal Ellenbogen, Tel Aviv University When Light Meets Metasurface
14:30-14:55	Adi Salomon, Bar-Ilan University SHG from Metallic Nanostructures: From Yehiam structures to Nanoporous metals
14:55-15:20	Euclides Almeida, Queens College, City University of New York Lecture
15:20-15:40	Coffee Break
15:40-18:10	Session 4 Chair: Joseph Zyss
15:40-15:50	Joseph Zyss , University of Paris - Saclay Introduction
15:50-16:35	Eli Yablonovich, University of California, Berkeley What are the Big New Breakthroughs in Photonics Today
16:35-17:00	Michal Lipson , Columbia University Cavity- enhanced Light-Matter Interaction in Silicon Photonics
17:00-17:25	Dan Oron, Weizmann Institute of Science Luminescence upconversion in designer semiconductor nanocrystals
17:25-17:50	Alex Gaeta, Columbia University Role of Phase in Nonlinear Optics
17:50-18:10	Concluding Remarks

Best Poster Award

Poster Abstract
Submission Deadline:

January 3rd , 2018

Organizing committee

Prof. Ron Naaman (Chair)
Weizmann Institute of Science
Prof. Ilya Averbukh
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Iddo Pinkas
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Sharly Fleischer
Tel Aviv University

Coordinator

Inbal Azoulay
inbal.azoulay@weizmann.ac.il
Phone: +972(8)-934-4510

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LMM 2018 Program

Sunday, January 14

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