Spring 2022 OSE seminar
Spring 2022 OSE seminar
Spring 2022: Optical Sciences and Engineering Advanced Lecture Series (PHYS500)
Instructor: Victor Acosta, vmacosta@unm.edu. Research group webpage
Syllabus: This website serves as your course syllabus.
Class meets: Thursdays, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, In person only (unless UNM COVID protocols change). Seminars will begin on time. Talks will take place in the colloquium room in the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, PAIS 1100, unless otherwise noted. There will also be "special" lectures which will be held outside of the regularly scheduled class. Students are strongly encouraged to attend the "special" lectures, but attendance is not mandatory. The schedule is available on this webpage, but treat this information as tentative, as updates are not always entered in immediately. The course schedule will also be updated on the OSE website. Announcements and reminder emails will be sent to the talks@phys.unm.edu email list. If you are not yet on this list, please contact Leanne Yanabu, willow@unm.edu, to be added prior to the first class (Jan 20).
Overview: This lecture course will feature a series of talks focused on the latest research in the field of Optical Science and Engineering. The speakers will include world wide experts in the field of optics from academia, industry and the national labs, as well as UNM faculty. Anticipated learning outcomes include:
1. Students will be exposed to a wide range of topics relevant to photonics.
2. Students will have a formal venue to network with leading scientists in the field.
3. Students will learn (by example) how to deliver a coherent oral presentation.
Requisites: Students in all OSE programs are required to take two semesters of OSE seminar for credit. First-year OSE students are particularly encouraged to take the seminar course. Students from other disciplines are also welcome!
Textbook: None.
Final exam: None.
Grading: Registered students will receive a grade of CR in this 1.0 credit hours class when they have successfully attended 80% or more of the scheduled lectures. Attendance will be monitored each class via a sign-in sheet. To ensure that you get the most out of the class, successful attendance is defined as arriving by 11:05 am and staying for the full lecture.
Speaker schedule
January 4, 2022 **Special OSE seminar
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Dmitry Budker
Helmholtz Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Germany
"What could dark matter be and how do we look for it? Plus, updates on The Gamma Factory at CERN"
**CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS.**
January 20, 2022
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Tara Drake
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Center for High Technology Materials
"Microresonator Optical Frequency Combs"
January 27
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Terefe Habteyes
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for High Technology Materials
"Localized electromagnetic field as omnipotent probe of surface and interface phenomena"
February 3
**POSTPONED TO MARCH 10 DUE TO SNOW**
February 8 **Special OSE seminar
2-3p, PAIS 2540.
Dr. Garrett Cole
Thorlabs Crystalline Solutions
"Substrate-transferred crystalline coatings for high-performance infrared optics"
February 10
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Sakineh Chabi
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
February 17
NO SEMINAR DUE TO SNOW.
February 24
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Martin Kirk
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for High Technology Materials
March 3
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Nathan Jackson
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Center for High Technology Materials
March 10
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Darcy Barron
University of New Mexico, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
"Precision Measurements of the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background"
March 17
No seminar, Spring Break!
March 24
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Dr. Jim Werner
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Lab
March 31
POSTPONED DUE TO QNM SYMPOSIUM
April 7
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Dr. Pauli Kehayias
Sandia National Lab
April 14
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Dr. Josh Damron
Oak Ridge National Lab
April 21
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Dr. Pinghan Chu
Los Alamos National Lab
April 28 *
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Chandrasekhar Ramanathan
Dartmouth University
*Joint with CQuIC seminar
May 5
11a-12p, PAIS 1100.
Prof. Ronald Walsworth
University of Maryland
CANCELED.
May 12
No seminar, Finals week!