:: 2008 / 2009 Season ::

coordinated by Timothy Reed

Our current schedule for the 2008/2009 season meetings and invited speakers is as follows:


2008:
Sept. 25: Michael J. Thorpe, CU / JILA, Boulder, CO "Cavity-enhanced molecular spectroscopy using optical frequency combs"

Oct.16: Dr. Dennis Ebbets, Ball Aerospace, "The Hubble Space Telescope"

Nov. 20: Dr. James C. Bergquist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) "Single-atom Optical Clocks--A Better Measure of Time?"

Dec. 18: Nicholas G. Traggis, VP of Photonics, Precision Photonics Corp., Boulder, CO "Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for High Performance Lasers"


2009:

Jan. 15: Dr. Danielle A. Braje, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder, CO "Tiny Frequency Comb Lasers: The optimal size for optical interactions"

Feb.19: Dr. Steven Cundiff, JILA/NIST/University of Colorado "Mode locked lasers: From combs to dark pulses"

Mar. 19: Dr. Pablo Miguel Baleo "Recent Results and Status of The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory"

Apr. 16: Dr. Robert A. Ramsey, Meadowlark Optics "Polymer Dispersions of Liquid Crystals for use in Advanced Electro-Optical Devices"

May 21: Diego Krapf, Colorado State University "Studying ion channels in live cells, one molecule at a time"

If you have suggestions for the 2007/2008 season speakers or topics, please contact Timothy Reed.