Throughout the year, we invite a few professor to hold seminars for our club members and the Caltech community at large.
If you have a suggestion for a talk, please send us an email.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
X-ray Lasers: From Star Wars to the table-top
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 4:30 PM in Steele 102
Reception at 4:00 PM
Abstract
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Visiting associate at Caltech and Adjunct Professor at the Univ. of Arizona
Space optics: A conversation with me
February 17th, 2015 at 7:00 pm in Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
University of California Santa Barbara
Heterogeneous Integration for Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits
Wednesday October 15, 2014
Lecture starts at 4:00 in Spalding 106
Abstract
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Senior Scientist at APIC Corporation
Optical Interconnects for High Performance Computing
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
Lecture starts at 7:00 in Steele 125
Dinner and Refreshments at 6:30 pm
Abstract
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Recent advances in InP-Based Photonic Integrated Circuits
May. 26, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, May 22, 2009
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The Many Faces of “Discreteness”
From Acoustic Crystals and Layered Optical Media to Multi-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates and Beyond
May. 22, 2009. 3:00-4:00pm, Lees Kubota Hall - Guggenheim 101
Abstract
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Princeton University
Fluid approaches to optics and imaging
May. 12, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Quantum Systems Lab, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Semiconductor nanowires for electronics and sensors
May. 5, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Indiana University and Spallation Neutron Source
Extending the Capability of Neutron Scattering
Apr. 28, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Department of Applied Physics, Caltech
Size Matters: Mechanical properties of materials at the nano-scale
Apr. 21, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Photonics and New Materials, Max-Planck Institute
Glass Cages for Catching Light
Apr. 16, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Department of Photonic Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
Terahertz spectroscopy – from free-space to waveguide spectroscopy
Mar. 12, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Los Alamos National Lab
Astrophysical Jets and Radio Lobes: Observations and Simulations
Mar. 3, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
EMT Center and National Institute of Scientific Research, Varennes, Canada
Extreme Terahertz Sources
Feb. 24, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Surface Plasmon Resonance Performance Enhancement with Applications in Nano Bio and Chemical Sensors
Feb. 17, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Moore 070
Abstract
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State
Ultrafast, Nonlinear, and Quantum Nanoplasmonics
Jan. 27, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton
The Bacterial Flagellar Motor: Step, Jump, and Spin
Jan. 20, 2009. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Department of Electrical Engineering, USC
Trapping Light in Optical Microcavities via Dynamic Tuning
Dec. 2, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Department of Electrical Engineering, USC
Towards High-Performance and Reconfigurable Optical Communication Networks
Nov. 4, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Single molecule probing of dynamic conformation, molecular interations, and dynamic localizations in-vitro, in live cells and in small organisms
Oct. 28, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Department of Applied Physics, Caltech
Radar reflection from naturally occuring metal 50 miles up in the sky
A proposed explanation for a 25 year old mystery
Oct. 21, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Department of Applied Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
3D Sub-Wavelength Photonic Circuits in Waveguiding Configuration
Sep. 9, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Italian National Institute of Applied Optics
Combining Frequency-Comb-Synthesizers with Novel Coherent Sources in Mid-IR
Aug. 20, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Departments of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Caltech
Coherent Optics and Hybrid Si - III-V Devices
May. 21, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
NIST and Physics department at University of Colorado
Sensing nanomechanical motion with a resonant microwave interferometer
Feb. 27, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, February 22, 2008
Department of Physics, University of Camerino, Italy
Entanglement and ground state cooling in optomechanical systems
Feb. 22, 2008. 3:00-4:00pm, Keck 142
Abstract
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Physical Electronics Department, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Free Electron Lasers and E-Beam Radiation Sources
Feb. 20, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philips-Universitat Marburg
Terahertz detection of many-body signatures in semiconductor heterostructures
Jan. 30, 2008. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University
Strong dispersive coupling between a high finesse cavity and a micromechanical object
Jan. 22, 2008. 5:00-6:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech
Photonic Crystal Based Wavelength Demultiplexers and Spectrometers
Dec. 5, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA
Can Silicon Change Photonics?
Nov. 29, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
The Optical Antenna: A Versatile Tool for Nanophotonics
Nov. 7, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Engineering Optical Space with Metamaterials: Negative-index and Cloaking
Oct. 31, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Ordered Quantum and Dot Systems for Nano-Photonics Applications
May. 15, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, April 13, 2007
University of Pennsylvania
Optical Nanocircuits, Cloaking, Squeezing Light, and Supermicroscopy
Apr. 13, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Cornell University
Optical Interactions in Photonic Crystal Fibers
Mar. 27, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
University of Rochester
Fundamentals and Application of Slow and Fast Light
Mar. 14, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, February 23, 2007
NIST and the University of Colorado
Intrinsic noise properties of atomic point contact displacement amplifiers
Feb. 23, 2007. 2:00-3:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, January 26, 2007
Philips-University Marburg, Germany
Optics and Quantum-Optics in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Jan. 26, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
University of California, Berkeley
MEMS-Actuated Microresonators and Optofluidics
Jan. 9, 2007. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
California Institute of Technology
Highly Nonlinear Phononic Crystals
Nov. 8, 2006. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, May 12, 2006
HRL Laboratories
Microwave Photonics
May. 12, 2006. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Joint APh-OSA Optics and RF-Microwave seminar
Abstract
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fun with Photons: Light for the Information Age
Apr. 19, 2006. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, March 10, 2006
University of Sydney and CUDOS
CUDOS - Towards All-Optical Control on a Chip!
Mar. 10, 2006. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Monday, March 6, 2006
University of Twente
High index contrast integrated optical devices based on microring
resonators for application in optical communication and sensing
Mar. 6, 2006. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, November 4, 2005
Alamo, CA
From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes:
The Modern Science of Origami
Nov. 4, 2005. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Harvard University
Wrapping Light Around a Hair
Mar. 10, 2005. 4:00-5:00pm, Steele 102
Abstract
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
JDS Uniphase
Optics, Physics, Economics, and the Little Prince
May 10, 2005. 4:00-5:00pm, Steele 102
Abstract
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
University of Southern California
Polymer Electro-optic Devices
Feb. 16, 2005. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Princeton University
Microfluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Forces:
Fundamentals, Devices and Sensing Arrays
Feb. 2, 2005. 12:00-1:00pm, Moore 070
Abstract
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
University of Pennsylvania
Metamaterials, Shrinking Circuit Elements, and Near-Field Nano-Devices and System
Feb. 1, 2005. 4:00-5:00pm, Moore 070
Abstract
Monday, November 22, 2004
Agilent Technologies
Two Dimensional Photonic Crystal Structures for Biosensing Applications
Nov. 22, 2004. 12:00-1:00pm, Moore 080
Abstract
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
MIT and University of Toronto
Solution-Processed, Large-Area, Physically Flexible Infrared Optoelectronics
Jul. 21, 2004. 11:00am-12:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Friday, July 16, 2004
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Crystal Torus: Physics and Applications
Jun. 16, 2004. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Duke University
Optical Sensing of People, Places and Things
Apr. 29, 2004. 4:00-5:00 pm, Moore 070
Abstract
Thursday, March 4, 2004
University of California, Berkeley
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Signal Transmission via Optical Fibers
Mar. 4, 2004. 4:00-5:00pm, Moore 070
Joint RF-APh Optics seminar
Abstract
Friday, February 20, 2004
University of Southern California
Photonic Crystal Devices
Feb. 20, 2004. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract
Monday, November 10, 2003
UCLA
The World of the Very Small: Nano-electronics and Nano-photonics
Nov. 10, 2003. 4:00-5:00pm, Watson 104
Abstract