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Photonics Research

Seminars


The Photonics Research Group runs a series of internal and external seminars.  The seminars cover a range of topics, from experimental and theoretical problems of photonics to industrial applications. People from outside the University are welcome to attend the seminar series.


Upcoming Seminars

Speaker: Alina Manshina, Chair of Laser Chemistry and Laser Materials Science, St. Petersburg State University

Title: Laser-induced chemical transformations

Time: Thursday, February 9, 14.00

Room: NW604

Abstract:

In the report laser-induced chemical transformations developing in liquid and solid phases and liquid-solid interface are considered.
Laser-matter interaction processes in solid-liquid interface are analyzed for the case when chemical activity of the liquid phase is
initiated by laser radiation. The main attention is focused on transformations associated with photo- and thermo-induced chemical
reactions resulted in formation of specific structures and/or phases (crystalline or metal elements) in multi-component glasses.

Past seminars in 2012

  • Roger Haynes, Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, Germany

Past seminars in 2011

  • Semen S. Ponomarov, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Kamal Hammani, Department of Physics, University of Burgundy, France
  • Jinsong Leng, Centre for Composite Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
  • Alexander Rubenchik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
  • Alexei Gladyshev, Fibre Optics Research Centre, Moscow , Russia
  • Yuki Yoshida, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering, Osaka University
  • Alex Yulin, Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Haitham S. Hamza, Information Technology, Cairo University, Egypt
  • Radan Slavik, Optical Research Centre, Southampton, UK
  • Valeri Kovalev,  Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
  • Valeriy Skryshevsky, Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine

Past seminars in 2010

  • Dmitriy V. Churkin, Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Novosibirsk, Russia
  • Daniele Modotto, Department of Information Technology, University of Brescia
  • Christophe Finot, Department of Physics, University of Burgundy
  • Andy Gilooly, Fibercore Limited, a Cisco Company
  • Avner Peleg, Department of Mathematics, University at Buffalo, SUNY
  • Anatoly Verbytskyi, Department of Molecular Photoelectronics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
  • Michael Withford, Department of Physics and Engineering, Macquarie University
  • Frank Wise, Department of Applied Physics and Engineering, Cornell University
  • Akihiro Maruta, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Osaka University
  • Ural Akhmetshin, Aston University (recently at the Fiber Optics Research Center, Moscow, Russia)
  • Tanya Hutter,  Physical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
  • Yuri Chamorovskii, Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Science
  • Sergey A. Kullinich, Department of Applied Sciences, University of Quebec
  • Stojan Radic, California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, UC San Diego

Past seminars in 2009

  • Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Centre for Materials Research, Queen Mary University of London
  • Miguel A. Preciado, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
  • Sergey Sergeyev, Optic Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
  • Alexander M. Rubenchik, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Valeri Kovalev, Heriot-Watt University
  • Andrei A. Fotiadi, Falculté Polytechnique de Mons
  • J. Nathan Kutz, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
  • John M. Dudley, University of Franche-Comté
  • Evgeny Dianov - Fiber Optics Research Center, Moscow

If you would like to give a talk, or just need more information about seminars, please contact:

Dr. Brandon Bale
Photonics Research Group
Department of Electronic Engineering,
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Aston University
Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
email: baleb@aston.ac.uk