MURI
PT-Symmetric Optical Materials and Structures
Room Liberty A, Basic Research Innovation Collaboration Center (BRICC)
4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 350, Arlington, VA 22203
AGENDA – January 22, 2015
Time
0830-0900
0900-0915
0915-0945
0945-1015
Talk Title
Speaker
Registration
Welcome/Introduction
Drs. Charles Lee & Arje Nachman,
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
MURI Project Overview: PT-Symmetric Optical Materials
and Structures
Demetrios Christodoulides,
CREOL, University of Central Florida
New laser action materials for PT research
Valy Vardeny
University of Utah
Selection, design, and synthesis of materials components
for lasing structures: multiwavelength quantum dots and
1015-1045
polymer matrices; Part I
Vladimir Tsukruk,
Georgia Tech
Selection, design, and synthesis of materials components
for lasing structures: multiwavelength quantum dots and
1045-1115
polymer matrices; Part II
Zhiqun Lin,
Georgia Tech
1115-1130
1130-1200
BREAK
Non-Hermitian Optics and Electronics
Tsampikos Kottos,
Wesleyan University
Fabrication and Characterization of Polymer Based
1200-1230 Periodic Gain/Loss Structures
1230-1300
Large-Scale Fabrication of Macroscopic All-Polymer PTMaterials
LUNCH
Ned Thomas,
Rice University
Ayman Abouraddy,
CREOL, University of Central Florida