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Hybrid

The Institute for Optical Science virtual option will be held on Zoom.


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Spring 2024

 

Series Title: TBD

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

 Friday 1/19/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

 iOS

___________

TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 2/2/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

 iOS

___________

TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

 Friday 2/16/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

 iOS

___________

TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 3/1/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS 

___________

TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 3/15/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS

___________

Spring Break

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 3/29/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS

___________

TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 4/12/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS ___________ TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

Friday 4/26/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS ___________ TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

 Friday 5/10/2024

from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern Time

iOS ___________ TBD

Physics Research Building

Room 1080

 

 

2023

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

2/15/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm 

 iOS

Dr. Frank Neese 

(Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)

How to combine spectroscopy and quantum chemistry to get insight into transition metal based catalysis

2015 McPherson

2/16/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

 iOS

Dr. Frank Neese 

(Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)

Let us talk about best practice in computational chemistry

E245 Scott Lab

2/17/2023

2:20pm -3:40pm

iOS

Dr. Frank Neese 

(Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)

The fascinating world of magnetic molecules and why electronic structure matters

2015 McPherson

3/22/2023

2:20pm -3:40pm

iOS

Dr. Aravind Asthagiri

(Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)

Understanding elementary surface reactions through surface science experiments and first-principles modeling

2015 McPherson

3/23/2023

2:20pm -3:40pm 

iOS

Dr. Aravind Asthagiri

(Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)

Developing first-principles based microkinetic models - how the sausage is made

E245 Scott Lab

3/24/2023

2:20pm - 3:40pm 

iOS

Dr. Aravind Asthagiri

(Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University)

Bridging surface science to catalysis

2015 McPherson

4/5/2023 

2:20pm- 3:40pm 

iOS

Prof. Darrell G. Schlom

 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)

From Understanding Solids to Creating Materials

2015 McPherson

4/6/2023

2:20pm - 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Darrell G. Schlom

 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)

PARADIM Success Stories (+ reflections on running a national user facility dedicated to synthesis)

E245 Scott Lab

4/7/2023

10:15am- 11:15am 

iOS

Prof. Darrell G. Schlom

 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University)

Frontiers of Oxide MBE

2019 McPherson

4/12/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff

(University of Chicago)

The remarkable dynamics of bimolecular association: Protein-protein interactions and DNA hybridization

2015 McPherson 

4/13/2023 

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff

(University of Chicago)

Fundamentals of diffusion-limited bimolecular reaction dynamics

E245 Scott Lab

4/14/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff

(University of Chicago)

Insulin dimerization through coupled folding and binding

2019 McPherson

4/19/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Takashi Oka

(University of Tokyo)

Non-perturbative optics in quantum materials and geometric effects

2015 McPherson

4/20/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Takashi Oka

(University of Tokyo)

Basics of Floquet engineering of quantum materials

E245 Scott Lab

4/21/2023

2:20pm- 3:40pm

iOS

Prof. Takashi Oka

(University of Tokyo)

Dynamical responses in driven quantum materials

2019 McPherson

7/25/2023

10:00AM- 11:30AM

iOS

Dr. Misha Ivanov

(Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany and Imperial College, London UK)

Lightwave Electronics in Trivial, Topological, and Strongly Correlated Solids

Zoom

10/4/2023

10:00AM- 11:30AM

iOS

Prof. Franz X. Kärtner

Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Germany

Department of Physics & The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

X-lites Talk: Enabling Technologies for X-ray FELs, Attosecond Science and THz Strong-Field Physics

Zoom 

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11/17/2023

11:30am- 1:00pm 

iOS

Gerard McCaul

(Tulane University)

 

Malleable light: From Single Atom Computing to  Superspectroscopy

 

Zoom & PRB 1080

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Summer 2022

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

7/26/2022

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

 iOS

Arvinder Sandhu

(University of Arizona)

Measurement and control of electronic couplings using attosecond pump-probe techniques

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9/1/2022

from 10am to 11am EDT

 iOS

Patrick Rupprecht

(Max-Plank)

From femtoseconds to femtometers – controlling quantum dynamics in molecules using core-level transient absorption spectroscopy

Watch the recorded webinar here

 

11/9/2022

10:00am-            11:30am

iOS

Anne L'Huillier

(Lund, Sweden)

 Attosecond light pulses for the study of electron dynamics in matter

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Series Title: Photonics and Nanophotonics

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

12/3/2021

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

 iOS

Mikael Rechtsman

(Penn State)

Topological Photonics

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12/10/2021

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

 iOS

Jelena Vuckovic

(Stanford)

Scalable classical and quantum photonics: an optimized approach

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12/17/2021

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

 iOS

Jeff Thompson

(Princeton)

Quantum technologies with rare earth ions

Webinar recording available for Institute members and upon request

1/28/2022

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

iOS 

Thomas Murphy

(University of Maryland)

2D THz Optoelectronics

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2/11/2022

from 10am to 11am EDT

iOS

Joyce Poon

(Max Planck Inst., U. of Toronto, & Technical University of Berlin)

Silicon integrated photonics for future “computing”

Webinar recording available for Institute members and upon request

2/18/2022

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT

iOS

Nathalie de Leon

(Princeton)

Correlating materials analysis with qubit measurements to systematically eliminate sources of noise

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Series Title: Spin Dynamics in Molecules and Materials

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

8/6/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

David Waldeck

(University of Pittsburg)

Adventures with Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity

Zoom

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8/27/2021

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Chunhui Du

(UC San Diego)

Harnessing Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond for Next-Generation Quantum Science and Technology

Zoom

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9/3/2021

from 10:00am to 11:00am

 iOS

Olga Smirnova

(MBI Berlin)

Ultrafast Chirality: Twisting Light to Twist Electrons

Zoom

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9/17/2021

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Christian Back

(Technical University of Munich)

Optical and Electrical Detection of Spin Orbit Fields

Zoom

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If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Jessi Middleton at middleton.85@osu.edu. Requests made five business day prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

 

 

 

Series Title: Frontiers in Quantum Information Science and Engineering

 

DATE

HOST

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

1/15/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 IMR

Michel Devoret

(Yale University)

Error Correction of Logical Quantum Bits Encoded in a Superconducting Cavity

Zoom 

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1/29/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Chris Monroe

(Duke University and IonQ Inc.)

Quantum Computing with Atoms

Zoom 

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2/19/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Carl Williams

(National Institute of Standards and Technology)

Quantum Information Science Landscape and NIST

Zoom 

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2/26/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Mikhail Lukin

(Harvard University)

Exploring New Frontiers with Programmable Quantum Systems

Zoom

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3/12/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 IMR

Zhenghan Wang

(University of California Santa Barbara and Microsoft Station Q)

Engineering New Physical Reality:  Quantum Computing with Topological Materials

Zoom

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04/09/2021 

from 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Brian DeMarco

(University of Illinois)

Quantum Information Science and Engineering at Illinois

Zoom

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4/23/2021 

from 3:45pm to 4:45pm

 IMR

Scott Aaronson

(University of Texas at Austin)

Quantum Computational Supremacy

Zoom

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If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Jessi Middleton at middleton.85@osu.edu. Requests made five business day prior to the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

 

2020 Webinar Schedule

 

DATE

SERIES

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

10/23/2020

3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Doug Schumacher

(The Ohio State University)

Relativistic Laser Plasma Interactions, the OSU Scarlet Laser, and LaserNetUS

Zoom link on Event page

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11/20/2020 3:30pm to 4:30pm

 iOS

Robert Baker

(The Ohio State University)

A First for the Nation: New Ultrafast Science Facility on Campus!

Zoom link on Event page

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12/11/2020

 iOS

Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin

(The Ohio State University)

Challenges and Opportunities in Training a Quantum-Ready Workforce

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Seminar Schedule

The Optical Sciences Seminars and the Quantum Information Seminars will start at 3pm on Fridays, held in the Physics Research Building Room 4138. Light refreshments available shortly before seminar.


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2020 Spring Semester

A list of speakers for the 2020 Spring Semester

DATE

SERIES

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

1/10/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 QIS

Maciej Maska

(University of Silesia, Poland)

Testing Non-Adiabatic Theories of Ultrafast Strong Field Ionization

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

1/17/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 iOS

Lisa Ortmann

(The Ohio State University)

Testing Non-Adiabatic Theories of Ultrafast Strong Field Ionization

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

1/24/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 QIS

Kyle Wendt

(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Optimal Control for the Quantum Simulation of Nuclear Dynamics

*DIFFERENT LOCATION*

Physics Research Bld, Room 1080

1/31/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 iOS

Open

 

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2/7/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 QIS

 

Cancelled

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2/14/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 iOS

Ovidiu Costin

(The Ohio State University)

The Mathematical Theory of Nonrelativistic Matter-Radiation Interaction and Results

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2/21/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 QIS

Open

 

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2/28/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

 iOS

Open

 

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

3/6/2020

 

No seminar

Spring Break

 

3/13/2020

CANCELLED

 iOS

Maxim Shcherbakov

Shaping the spectrum of light with time-variant nanostructures

CANCELLED

3/20/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

TO BE RESCHEDULED

 iOS

Robert Baker

A First for the Nation: New Ultrafast Science Facility on Campus!

TO BE RESCHEDULED

3/26/2020 (Thurs) 3:00pm to 4:00pm

TO BE RESCHEDULED

 iOS

Rajarshi Roy

(University of Maryland)

Seeing the Light: Photons, Complexity and Randomness

TO BE RESCHEDULED

4/3/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

TO BE RESCHEDULED

 QIS

Kavir Dass

(Air Force Research Laboratory)

Title TBA

TO BE RESCHEDULED

4/10/2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm

TO BE RESCHEDULED

 iOS

Ken Singer

(Case Western Reserve University)

Title TBA

TO BE RESCHEDULED

2019 Fall Semester

A list of speakers for the 2019 Fall Semester

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

WHERE

10/18/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Bill Plick

(University of Dayton)

Quantum Weirdness and Quantum Technology

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

10/25/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Imad Agha

(University of Dayton)

Reconfigurable Photonics: Enabling Technologies for Classical and Quantum Information Processing

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

11/08/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Paulina Kuo

(NIST)

Entangled Photons for Quantum Information Applications

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

11/22/2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Maissam Barkesli

(University of Mayland)

Title TBA

Physics Research Bld, Rm. 4138

2019 Spring Semester

A list of speakers for the 2019 Spring Semester

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

11-Jan

 

No Seminar

18-Jan

Igor Adamovich (OSU College of Engineering)

Laser Diagnostics for Measurements of Electric Field and Excited Metastable Species in Nonequilibrium Plasmas and Reacting Flows

25-Jan*** will be held in 1080 PRB

Michael Hatridge (University of Pittsburgh)

Qubit measurement with two-mode squeesed light

1-Feb

No Seminar

 

8-Feb

Luke Bissell (Air Force Research Laboratory)

Solid state materials strategies for quantum information

15-Feb

No Seminar  

22-Feb

No Seminar

 

1-Mar

No Seminar

 

8-Mar

No Seminar

 

15-Mar

No Seminar

Spring Break

22-Mar

 

 

29-Mar

Burcin Bayram (Miami University)

"Time-Resolved High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy with Energetic Sodium Molecules"

5-Apr

Eric Rowell (Texas A&M)

Mathematical Problems in Topological Quantum Computation

12-Apr

Carlo Samson (Miami University)

Playing Around with the Coldest Thing in the Universe using Laser Beams

19-Apr*** Note will be held in 4138PRB at 12:30pm

Gurudev Dutt (University of Pittsburgh)

 

26-Apr

Samir Bali (Miami University)

Quest for cold atom ratchets to simulate bio molecular motors

3-May Karthik Vishwanath (Miami University)

Quantifying Optical Coefficients of Turbid Media using Diffuse Optics

2018 Autumn Semester

A list of speakers for the 2018 Fall Semester

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

30-Aug

Ruggero Caravita (CERN)

Advances towards pulsed antihydrogen production for a first antimatter gravity ement in the AEGIS experiment

21-Sep

Dan Gauthier (Ohio State, Physics)

Introduction to Quirk – a tool for simulating quantum computers

5-Oct

No Seminar Scheduled  

12-Oct

No Seminar Scheduled   

19-Oct

Imran Mirza (Miami University) Few-photon quantum optics with cavities, emitters and waveguides

26-Oct

Chris Ball (Ohio State, ECE)

Development of Submillimeter Wave Sensor Systems

2-Nov

Dan Gauthier (Ohio State, Physics) Introduction to Quirk, Part II

9-Nov

 

No Seminar

16-Nov

Nurul Islam (Ohio State, Physics) A brief introduction to quantum key distribution

23-Nov

 

Thanksgiving Break

30-Nov

 

QIS