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Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Nonlinear Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Biology OrgANIzErS: Jerome Mertz, Boston Univ., USA Eric Potma, Univ. of California at Irvine, USA Changhuei yang, Caltech, USA Nonlinear optical techniques have equipped researchers with new tools for examining biological samples. The use of ultrafast pulses in multi-dimensional spectroscopy and coherent Raman spectroscopy have provided a closer look at the ultrafast dynamics and structure/ function relationships of biological compounds. In combination with tight focusing, ultrafast lasers have also generated new imaging contrast mechanisms, such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, two-phonon absorption, sum frequency generation, and stimulated emission depletion, for the study of microscopic architecture, dynamics and composition of biological systems. In this symposium, the fields of nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy are combined to sketch a unifying picture of the significant impact of ultrafast technologies on biology. SPEAKErS: Biomedical Applications and New Developments of Coherent Anti-Stokes raman Scattering Microscopy; Ji-Xin Cheng; Purdue Univ., USA Femtosecond Broadband Stimulated raman Spectroscopy; Richard A. Mathies; Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA New Nonlinear Signatures in Spectroscopy and Imaging; Warren S. Warren; Duke Univ., USA Automated 2-D Ir Spectroscopy Using a Mid-Ir Pulse Shaper; Martin Zanni; Univ. of Wisconsin, USA high-precision measurements to new quantum phenomena and architectures. This symposium will bring together researchers of various fields to exchange ideas and discuss novel approaches to resonators. Topics to be covered include high-Q resonators; manifestation of radiation pressure in resonators; unstable resonators, such as chaotic and random cavities; novel quantum resonators, including micro- and nano-mechanical resonators, electro- and opto-mechanical resonators; superconducting striplines; subwavelength-scale resonators; micro-and nanocavities; and various external cavities. SPEAKErS: Novel Nanophotonic resonators: Opportunities and Challenges; Evelyn Hu; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA vertical Integration of Ultrafast Semiconductor Lasers; Ursula keller; ETH Zurich, Switzerland Advances in Nanomechanical Systems; Michael Roukes; Caltech, USA Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits; Robert Schoelkopf; Yale Univ., USA Optomechanics in High-Q Toroidal Microresonators; kerry Vahala; Caltech, USA Silicon Microresonators for On-Chip Optical Networks; yuri Vlasov; IBM Res. Ctr., USA CLEO Symposium on Integrated Optical Isolators and Magneto-Optical Phenomena OrgANIzErS: Paul Juodawlkis, MIT Lincoln Lab, USA yoshiaki Nakano, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Integrated optical isolators having small size, high isolation and low loss are important to the realization of large-scale photonic integrated circuits containing optical emitters and gain elements. The goal of this symposium is to bring together researchers working on the development of these integrated isolators with researchers who are exploring fundamental aspects of non-reciprocal devices, magneto-optical phenomena, and waveguide polarization control. Topics in this symposium include the physics of magneto-optics; magneto-optical material properties and growth; non-reciprocal waveguide device concepts and demonstrations; polarization manipulation in integrated photonics; and novel applications of integrated magneto-optics. Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Novel resonators OrgANIzErS: Markus Aspelmeyer, Austrian Acad. of Sciences, Austria Hui Cao, Northwestern Univ., USA An impressive array of advances in resonators has recently been made. The fast growing body of knowledge spearheads new fields of science and future technological impact. Examples span from novel applications for lasers and light sources across many fields of optics over mechanical ADvANCE rEgIS TrATION DEADLINE: aPrIl 9, 2008

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