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ACOLS 2001
SPEAKERS' DRAFT PROGRAMME |
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| MONDAY 3 DECEMBER | ||
| Plenary 1: Frew Lecture | M. Kasevich | Atom interferometry with ultra-cold atoms |
| Plenary 2: | A. C. Legon | Is the hydrogen bond unique? A case for the halogen bond from rotational spectroscopy |
| Session: New directions | ||
| Keynote | L. Cram | Trends in research funding |
| Keynote | Gus Guthrie | Innovation and the role of the Queensland Innovation Council |
| Session M(a): Atom optics | ||
| Keynote | R. J. Ballagh | Atom optics with Bose-Einstein condensates |
| M(a)1 | J. Ruostekoski, T. Gasenzer, D. A. W. Hutchinson | Matter-wave coherence of an atom laser with pulsed Raman output coupler |
| M(a)2 | P. Deuar, P. D. Drummond, K. V. Kheruntsyan | First-principles simulations of 1D Bose gasses using stochastic gauges |
| M(a)3 | V. A. Yurovsky, A. Ben-Reuven, P. S. Julienne | Quantum effects on curve crossing in a Bose-Einstein condensate |
| M(a)4 | M. J. Davis, S. A. Morgan, K. Burnett | Simulations of thermal Bose fields in the classical limit |
| Session M(b): Spectroscopy | ||
| Keynote | B. M. Flanagan, P. V. Bernhardt, S. R. Luthu, M. J. Riley | Predicting lanthanide spectroscopy and applications to energy up-conversion |
| M(b)1 | X. M. Wen, N. Ohno | Time-resolved photoluminescence of red mercuric iodide |
| M(b)2 | K. Waring, M. Kono, B. R. Lewis, K. G. H. Baldwin, S. T. Gibson | The dissociation limit region of the B state of molecular oxygen |
| M(b)3 | A. Romann, R. Hitchen, M. W. Sigrist | Multicomponent trace-gas sensing with compact 1.6 µm-external cavity diode laser photoacoustic system |
| M(b)4 | K. G. H. Baldwin, J. P. Sprengers, W. Ubachs | XUV laser studies of the isotopic dependence for predissociation in the b1Pu state of N2 |
| Session M(c): Atom optics | ||
| M(c)1 | H. M. Wiseman, J. A. Vaccaro | Preferred ensembles, illustrated by the atom laser |
| M(c)2 | A. A. Norrie, C. W. Gardiner | Growth and loss in a hydrogen Bose-Einstein condensate |
| M(c)3 | N. Robins, W. Zhang, E. Ostrovskaya, Yu. Kivshar | Modulational instability of spinor condensates |
| M(c)4 | K. V. Kheruntsyan, P. D. Drummond | Twin atom laser beams via photo-dissociation of a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate |
| Session M(d): Lasers | ||
| M(d)1 | N. L. Smith, D. W. Coutts | Ti:Sapphire microchip lasers |
| M(d)2 | Y. He, B. J. Orr | Tunable single-mode operation of a pulsed optical parametric oscillator pumped by a multimode laser |
| M(d)3 | M. Harvey, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg, P. Meredith | Design considerations for solid state dye microlasers |
| M(d)4 | P. Burns, J. Dawes, J. Piper | Coupled cavity Yb:YAB lasers |
| TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER | ||
| Plenary 3: | M. Ohtsu | Design, fabrication and operation of nano-photonic devices by optical near field |
| Plenary 4: | D. M. Kane | Big ideas, little lasers |
| Session T(a): Imaging and optometry | ||
| Keynote | Ann Roberts, Karen Thorn, Magda Michna, Eric Ampem-Lassen, Shane Huntington, Nicoleta Dragomir, Peter Farrell, Gregory Baxter | Novel imaging techniques for optical fibre characterisation |
| T(a)1 | T. A. Nieminen, D. K. Gramotnev | Rigorous analysis of non-steady-state scattering of EM waves in the extremely asymmetrical geometry |
| T(a)2 | K. Hibino, B. F. Oreb, P. Fairman | Measurement of an optical parallel plate with a wavelength-scanning Fizeau interferometer |
| T(a)3 | Y. Miyamoto, A. Wada, T. T. Ohtani, N. Nishihara, M. Takeda, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg | Multiple-wavelength optical vortices |
| T(a)4 | T. N. Eichmann, A.I. Bishop, T. J. McIntyre, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop | Near-resonant holographic interferometry in a hypersonic test facility |
| T(a)5 | C. S. Avudainayagam, K. V. Avudainayagam, D. A. Atchison | Lau refractometer |
| T(a)6 | D. F. P. Pile, D. K. Gramotnev | Higher-order grazing-angle scattering |
| Session T(b): Lasers | ||
| Keynote | J. Dawes, P. Dekker, P. Burns, B. Taylor, J. Blows, P. Wang, J. Piper | Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 - a versatile visible and infrared laser crystal |
| T(b)1 | R. T. White, I. T. McKinnie, S. D. Butterworth, D. M. Warrington, P. G. R. Smith, G. W. Ross, D. C. Hanna | Periodically poled lithium niobate for applications at short wavelengths |
| T(b)2 | B. T. Taylor, M. J. Lederer, J. M. Dawes, P. Dekker, J. A. Piper, B. Luther-Davies | Femtosecond pulses generated by a diode pumped, mode locked Yb:YAB laser |
| T(b)3 | B. K. Ward, R. P. Mildren, R. J. Carman, I. S. Falconer, R. Morrow, D. M. Kane | Novel excimer-based flash-lamp sources in the vacuum-ultraviolet |
| T(b)4 | J. C. Diettrich, I. T. McKinnie, D. M. Warrington | Cr:YAG single longitudinal mode coupled cavity laser |
| T(b)5 | V. Sudesh, K. Asai, K. Shimamura, T. Fukuda | Diode-pumped Ho lasers at at 2.1 µm |
| T(b)6 | A. Egbert, B. N. Chichkov | Compact high-repetition rate ultrashort x-ray source driven by femtosecond laser pulses |
| Session T(c): Instrumentation and standards | ||
| Keynote | D. Shaddock | Status of the Australian consortium for interferometric gravitational astronomy |
| T(c)1 | R. B. Warrington, P. T. H. Fisk, M. J. Wouters, M. A. Lawn | Laser-cooled 171Yb+ microwave frequency standard |
| T(c)2 | A. Hirai, H. Matsumoto | Transmission of length information by tandem interferometry |
| T(c)3 | J. J. McFerran, A. N. Luiten | Two operating bisection stages in the UWA microwave-to-optical frequency chain |
| T(c)4 | N. Dragomir, A. Roberts, G. Baxter, P. Farrell, D. Garchev | DIC imaging of an optical fibre Bragg grating |
| Session T(d): Laser trapping, micromanipulation and phase singular beams | ||
| Keynote | K. Helmerson | Optical manipulation of liposomes |
| T(d)1 | N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, M. P. Sheetz | Probing cell membrane with an optical torque wrench |
| T(d)2 | T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg | Alignment of non-spherical isotropic particles in a linearly polarised Gaussian beam laser trap |
| T(d)3 | D. Morrish, X. Gan, M. Gu | Polarisation property in morphology dependant resonance of a micro-cavity excited by two-photon absorption |
| T(d)4 | D. P. Caetano, J. A. O. Huguenin, M. P. Almeida, B. Coutinho dos Santos, P. H. Souto Ribeiro, A. Z. Khoury | Conservation of orbital angular momentum in stimulated parametric down conversion |
| Session T(e): Instrumentation | ||
| T(e)1 | D. A. Shaddock, V. Delaubert, B. C. Buchler, P. K. Lam, H.-A. Bachor, D. E. McClelland | Generation of a phase flipped Gaussian mode for optical measurements |
| T(e)2 | P. F. Barker, M. N. Shneider | Optical microlinear deceleration and acceleration of neutral molecules |
| T(e)3 | M. J. Sellars, J. Longdell, E. Fraval, N. B. Manson | Measurement of ion-ion interactions in Eu3+ doped Y2SiO5 |
| T(e)4 | J. Blows, S. French | A fibre optical parametric amplifier with greater than 100X gain pumped by a frequency modulated source |
| Session T(f): Quantum coherence in matter | ||
| T(f)1 | E. A. Wilson, N. B. Manson | The effect on electromagnetically induced transparency of a perturbing field |
| T(f)2 | A. A. Sukhorukov, Y. S. Kivshar | Spatial optical solitons in waveguide arrays |
| T(f)3 | E. Fraval, M. J. Sellers, N. B. Manson | Increasing the decoherence time of hyperfine transitions in EU3+:Y2SiO5 using magic angle line narrowing techniques |
| T(f)4 | A. M. Akulshin, A. Cimmino, B. Cantwell, P. Hannaford, R. McLean, A. I. Sidorov, G. Opat | Light propagation in nonlinear media with very steep dispersion |
| WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER | ||
| Plenary 5: Coherent Scientific Lecture | H. Mabuchi, M. Armen, J. Au, A. Berglund, A. C. Doherty, J. K. Stockton | Ultra-sensitive real-time optical measurement: From quantum feedback to biochemistry |
| Plenary 6: Optical Society of America Lecture | A. Johnson | Ultra fast optical phenomena (Title to be confirmed) |
| Session W(a): Atom optics and Bose-Einstein condensates | ||
| Keynote | A. G. Truscott, K. E. Strecker, G. B. Partridge, R. G. Hulet | Dual quantum degeneracy in a Bose/Fermi mixture of lithium |
| W(a)1 | W. K. Hensinger, H. Häffner, A. Browaeys, N. R. Heckenberg, K. Helmerson, C. McKenzie, G. J. Milburn, W. D. Phillips, S. L. Rolston, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, B. Upcroft | Dynamical tunneling with a Bose-Einstein condensate |
| W(a)2 | N. R. Thomas, C. J. Foot, A. C. Wilson | Double-well magnetic trap for Bose-Einstein condensates |
| W(a)3 | J. E. Lye, C. S. Fletcher, U. Kallmann, J. D. Close | The ANU Bose-Einstein condensate, and development towards an atom laser |
| W(a)4 | B. V. Hall, J. A. Retter, C. J. Vale, M. P. A. Jones, D. C. Lau, E. A. Hinds | Atom optics with patterned surfaces |
| W(a)5 | R. J. McLean, A. I. Sidorov, D. S. Gough, F. Scharnberg, B. A. Sexton, T. J. Davis, A. M. Akulshin, G. I. Opat, P. Hannaford | High quality, micron-scale, grooved magnetic mirrors for atom optics |
| W(a)6 | K. Helmerson | Photoassociation of sodium in a Bose-Einstein condensate |
| Session W(b): Spectroscopy | ||
| Keynote | K. P. Ghiggino | Ultrafast spectroscopy of photoinduced energy and electron transfer processes |
| W(b)1 | C. Lincoln, L. V. Dao, M. Lowe, W. Rowlands, P. Hannaford | Femtosecond coherence spectroscopy of the photodissociation of carbonmonoxy myoglobin |
| W(b)2 | L. V. Dao, C. Lincoln, M. Lowe, W. Rowlands, P. Hannaford | Spectral analysis of 2-colour 3-pulse photon echoes on a femtosecond time scale |
| W(b)3 | M. R. A. Wahab, W. M. M. Yunus, Z. A. Hasan, A. Kasim | Surface plasmon resonance study of ultra-thin conducting polymer film at 632.8nm |
| W(b)4 | B. L. Chadwick, D. Body | Long term operational assessment of a simultaneous elemental analysis system utlising laser induced breakdown spectroscopy |
| W(b)5 | J. Warner, M. Fernee, A. Watt, N. Heckenberg, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop | Spectroscopic studies of quantum dot molecules for quantum computing purposes |
| W(b)6 | B. J. Orr, Y. He | A continuous-wave cavity ringdown spectrometer with swept cavity and optical heterodyne detection |
| Session W(c): Quantum communication | ||
| Keynote | S. Parkins | Quantum networks using atoms and light |
| W(c)1 | H. F. Hofmann, K. Tsujino, S. Takeuchi | Effects of transmission errors in entanglement distribution on a teleported quantum state |
| W(c)2 | A. C. Doherty, P. Hayden | Distributed compression of a quantum source |
| W(c)3 | S. Takeuchi | Twin photon beams and high quantum efficiency multi-photon counters |
| W(c)4 | D. W. Berry, B. C. Sanders | Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping for systems of arbitrary spin |
| Session W(d): Laser applications | ||
| Keynote | K. U. Schreiber, G. E. Stedman | Earth tides and tilt detection by large ring lasers |
| W(d)1 | C. T. Ha, J. Dawes, D. Guy, D. Ross | Laser-induced lesions in heart muscles to treat atrial fibrillation |
| W(d)2 | Y. Tang, J. Y. H. Fuh, Y. S. Wong, L. Lu, X. Wang, H. Zhu | Direct laser sintering of copper alloy for rapid tooling |
| W(d)3 | A. Fernandes, D. Kane | KrF excimer laser cleaning - Removal of particles from glass surfaces |
| W(d)4 | M. Harvey, C. Lutton | Laser processing of dye modified polymers for biomaterials applications |
| Session W(e): Quantum optics | ||
| W(e)1 | M. de Sterke, E. Tsoy, J. Sipe, J. Schröder | Light trapping in optical defect by four-wave mixing |
| W(e)2 | B. C. Travaglione, G. J. Milburn, T. C. Ralph | Continuous variable phase estimation |
| W(e)3 | S. G. Clark, A. S. Parkins | Generation of two-atom states of arbitrary entanglement and purity |
| W(e)4 | A. Watt, M. Fernee, J. Warner, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg | Novel utilizations of the optical properties of heterostructure quantum dots |
| Session W(f): Laser applications | ||
| W(f)1 | B. N. Chichkov, T. Bauer, F. Korte, A. Ostendorf | Femtosecond laser ablation and microstructuring |
| W(f)2 | M. J. Withford, D. R. J. Baer, J. A. Piper | Recent advances in laser micromachining |
| W(f)3 | A. V. Rode, E. G. Gamaly, B. Luther-Davies, B. T. Taylor, J. Dawes, A. Chan, M. Lowe, P. Hannaford | Subpicosecond laser ablation of dental enamel |
| W(f)4 | L. Van Dao, M. Lowe, P. Hannaford | Micro-machining of GaN films by ultrafast laser ablation |
| THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER | ||
| Plenary 7: SPIE Lecture | J. A. Harrington | A review of infrared fiber optics technology |
| Plenary 8 | R. Webster | (To be confirmed) |
| Session Th(a): Quantum optics | ||
| Keynote | H. M. Wiseman | Quantum trajectories: The dynamics of knowledge |
| Th(a)1 | K. L. Pregnell, D. T. Pegg | Optical state determination by operator synthesis |
| Th(a)2 | L. K. Thomsen, S. Mancini, H. M. Wiseman | Spin squeezing via quantum feedback |
| Th(a)3 | P. D. Drummond | Duality, phase and squeezing in electrodynamics |
| Th(a)4 | N. Treps, B. Buchler, P. K. Lam, U. Andersen, C. Fabre, H-A. Bachor | Breaking the spatial quantum noise limit |
| Th(a)5 | S. Rebic, A. S. Parkins, S. M. Tan | Giant optical nonlinearity with a single atom |
| Th(a)6 | N. B. Manson, M. J. Sellars, J. J. Longdell, E. Fraval, E. A. Wilson | Slow light in a solid with and without electromagnetically induced transparency |
| Session Th(b): Photonics | ||
| Keynote | Y. S. Kivshar, S. F. Mingaleev | Nonlinear photonic crystals and waveguides |
| Th(b)1 | W. Krolikowski, G. McCarthy, B. Luther-Davies, D. Neshev, A. Desyatnikov, E. Ostrovskaya, Y. Kivshar | “Molecules of light” – multipole spatial vector solitons |
| Th(b)2 | A. A. Asatryan, P. A. Robinson, R. C. McPhedran, L. C. Botten, C. Martijn de Sterke | Diffusion in disordered photonic crystals |
| Th(b)3 | L. Poladian, T. M. Monro | Leaky modes in microstructured optical fibres with annular sectors |
| Th(b)4 | S. Tomljenovic-Hanic, J. D. Love, A. Ankiewitz | Low-loss single-mode waveguide and fibre bends |
| Th(b)5 | G. R. Collecutt, P. D. Drummond | Parametric 4-R signal regeneration |
| Th(b)6 | V. I. Kruglov, A. C. Peacock, J. D. Harvey | Intermediate asymptopic solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with gain |
| Session Th(c): Quantum information and computing | ||
| Keynote | T. C. Ralph | Quantum information in optics |
| Th(c)1 | A. Gilchrist, A. G. White, W. J. Munro | Entanglement creation using quantum interrogation |
| Th(c)2 | D. Pope, G. J. Milburn | Quantum state exchange and multipartite entanglement |
| Th(c)3 | W. P. Bowen, R. Schnabel, P. K. Lam, H.-A. Bachor, T. C. Ralph | Experimental investigation of measures of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement |
| Th(c)4 | A. G. White, N. K. Langford, T. C. Ralph, G. J. Milburn | Efficient linear optical quantum computation |
| Session Th(d): Optical fibres | ||
| Keynote | S. F. Collins, G. W. Baxter, P. M. Farrell | Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement using optical fibre |
| Th(d)1 | S. Manos, L. Poladian | Fibre design with evolutionary strategies |
| Th(d)2 | B. Kuhlmey, T. White, M. de Sterke, R. McPhedran, L. Botten, D. Maystre, G. Renversez | Confinement losses in microstructured optical fibres |
| Th(d)3 | A. J. Lee, M. J. Withford, J. M. Dawes | Optical fibre photosensitivity and the dynamics of fibre Bragg grating growth |
| Th(d)4 | J. Blows, P. Hambley, L. Poladian | The photosensitivity of holmium and thulium doped fibres to the tripled output of a NdYAl garnet laser |
| Session Th(e): Lithography | ||
| Th(e)1 | V. Y. F. Leung, K. G. H. Baldwin, M. D. Hoogerland | UV-free lithography with metastable atoms |
| Th(e)2 | B. Tan, K. Venkatakrishnan, B. K. A. Ngoi | Direct writing using ultrashort pulsed laser |
| Th(e)3 | R. Vogel, M. Trau, M. Harvey, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg, P. Meredith | Fabrication of non-spherical solid state dye microlaser cavities |
| Th(e)4 | M. A. Baker, A. J. Palmer, R. T. Sang | Metastable atomic beam lithography |
| Session Th(f): Biophysics | ||
| Th(f)1 | C. J. Bellair, K. A. Nugent, L. M. Delbridge, A. A. Kabbara, A. Roberts | Quantitative phase imaging of cells |
| Th(f)2 | D. A. Atchison, D. H. Scott | The importance of the Stiles-Crawford effect to human visual performance |
| Th(f)3 | T. A. Smith, S. Cuz, S. Mathai, P. G. Spizzirri, K. P. Ghiggino | Time-resolved, confocal and two-photon-induced fluorescence micro-spectroscopy of porphyrins |
| Th(f)4 | N. R. Heckenberg, M. P. Sheetz | Dynamical measurement of cell membrane tension using optical tweezers |
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