Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics

Each year, the University of Ottawa shines a light on the research and discoveries of photonics experts in Canada and around the world through the Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics, which was established in 2012 in honour of the pioneers of laser technology, Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles H. Townes.

Join us in person or online to learn about the latest developments from internationally recognized researchers.

Program

All times are Eastern Daylight Time. 

8:30 a.m. Registration & Networking Breakfast 

9 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks  

9:20 a.m. Emergent Magnetic Quantum Materials and Interfaces - Presentation by Hang Chi (University of Ottawa)

10:50 a.m. Spectroscopy in New Dimensions - Presentation by Kevin Kubarych (University of Michigan) 

11:50 a.m. Poster Blitz

12:15 p.m. Poster Session & Lunch 

2:15 p.m. Free-Electron Quantum Optics - Remote Presentation by Ido Kaminer (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) 

3:45 p.m. Emerging MIR lasers for non-perturbative nonlinear optics experiments - Presentation by Zhenghu Chang (University of Central Florida)

4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks 

5 p.m. End 

N.B.: Sessions marked in bold are available for online participants.

Guest speakers