Wednesday April 13th
Informal Get-together: Westin's Pinzimini Bar, 7-9pm
All workshop hotel guests and any other available attendees are encouraged to join workshop organizer Stephen Hill and others in the Westin’s Pinzimini bar for an impromptu pre-workshop meet up.
Workshop Location
Westin Conference Room: Hemmingway 1 & 2 (Second Floor)
Thursday April 14th
07:30-08:30 Breakfast
08:30-08:50 Introduction: Krastan Blagoev, NSF
Stephen Hill, NHMFL-FSU
John Singleton, LANL
Greg Boebinger, Director, NHMFL-FSU
08:50-12:30 Session 1: Chair, Stephen Hill, NHMFL-FSU
8:50 Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois
"Protein-solvent dynamics: current and future THz experiments"
“Saccharides and proteins in solution: Computational studies of the molecular dynamics underlying THz spectra"
9:40 Glenn Edwards, Duke University
"Potential Biological Applications of THz/IR"
10:05 Further discussion: Discussion Leader, Andrea Markelz, SUNY Buffalo
10:20-10:50 Break
10:50 Andrea Markelz, SUNY Buffalo
11:40 Peter Weightman, University of Liverpool, Physics
12:05 Further discussion: Leader, Andrea Markelz, SUNY Buffalo
12:30-14:00 Working lunch
14:00-16:00 Session 2: Chair, Johan van Tol, NHMFL EPR
14:00 Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
"Probing correlated electrons in the THz at high magnetic fields and intensities"
14:25 Natalia Drichko, Johns Hopkins University
15:15 Dmitry Smirnov, NHMFL-FSU
15:35 Further discussion: Leader, Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
16:00-17:00 Break/refreshments
17:00-18:30 Session 3: Chair, David Tanner, University of Florida
17:00 Nick Polfer, University of Florida
17:25 Wim van der Zande, Radboud University Nijmegen, Holland
17:50 Robert Peale, University of Central Florida
18:05 Further discussion: Leader, Nick Polfer, University of Florida
18:30-19:30 Further discussion and report planning
20:00 Group dinner at Tandoori Nights Indian Restaurant
Friday April 15th
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
8:00-9:50 Session 4: Chair, Dmitry Smirnov, NHMFL-FSU
8:00 Jack Freed, Cornell University
8:25 Mark Sherwin, UC Santa Barbara
8:45 Johan van Tol, NHML-FSU
9:05 Janice Musfeldt, University of Tennessee
9:30 Further discussion: Leader, Mark Sherwin, UC Santa Barbara
9:50-10:20 Break
10:20-12:30 Session 5: Chair, Janice Musfeldt, University of Tennessee
10:20 Rick Averitt, Boston University
10:45 Junichiro Kono, Rice University
"Time-Domain Terahertz Magneto-Spectroscopy of Low-Dimensional Electron Plasmas"
11:10 Antoinette Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:35 Larry Carr, Brookhaven National Lab
12:10 Short discussion: Leader, Rick Averitt, BU
12:30-13:30 Working lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 6: Larry Carr, Brookhaven National Lab, Chair
13:30 Charlie Schmuttenmaer, Yale University
13:55 Carol Hirschmugl, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
14:20 Gwyn Williams, Jlab
14:45 Further discussion: Leader, Charlie Schmuttenmaer, Yale
15:00 Wrap-up and start of report writing
10:50 Andrea Markelz, SUNY Buffalo
"Over view of measurements on liquids and biomolecules using THz TDS"
11:15 David Plusquellic, NIST
"State-resolved THz Spectroscopy: Phase Coherent Broadband Methods for High Sensitivity at Sub-us Scan Speeds"
11:40 Peter Weightman, University of Liverpool, Physics
"Are there terahertz solutions to problems in understanding the physics of life"
12:05 Further discussion: Leader, Andrea Markelz, SUNY Buffalo
12:30-14:00 Working lunch
14:00-16:00 Session 2: Chair, Johan van Tol, NHMFL EPR
14:00 Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
"Probing correlated electrons in the THz at high magnetic fields and intensities"
14:25 Natalia Drichko, Johns Hopkins University
"Interplay of Charge Order and Superconductivity in BEDT-TTF-based Materials with ¼-filled Conductance Band"
14:50 David Tanner, University of Florida"Photons, magnetic fields, Cooper pairs, and quasparticles: The use of synchrotron sources to study pairbreaking in superconductors"
15:15 Dmitry Smirnov, NHMFL-FSU
“Prospects of broadband IR spectroscopy with split-helix magnet"
15:35 Further discussion: Leader, Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
16:00-17:00 Break/refreshments
17:00-18:30 Session 3: Chair, David Tanner, University of Florida
17:00 Nick Polfer, University of Florida
"Far infrared spectroscopy of mass-selected complexes pertaining to catalysis, astrochemistry and biochemistry"
17:25 Wim van der Zande, Radboud University Nijmegen, Holland
"Three Short Aspects: Non-linear THz excitation, THz as a low frequency source and Serendipity"
17:50 Robert Peale, University of Central Florida
"Anecdotes from THz science and about THz sources"
18:05 Further discussion: Leader, Nick Polfer, University of Florida
18:30-19:30 Further discussion and report planning
20:00 Group dinner at Tandoori Nights Indian Restaurant
Friday April 15th
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
8:00-9:50 Session 4: Chair, Dmitry Smirnov, NHMFL-FSU
8:00 Jack Freed, Cornell University
"High Frequency ESR: Biophysical Applications and Challenges"
8:25 Mark Sherwin, UC Santa Barbara
“Free-Electron Laser-Based Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at 240 GHZ and Beyond"
8:45 Johan van Tol, NHML-FSU
"Electrical and Optical detection of Coherent Spin Excitations at High Field"
9:05 Janice Musfeldt, University of Tennessee
"Light-induced, lattice-driven magnetic phase transitions in molecular solids"
9:30 Further discussion: Leader, Mark Sherwin, UC Santa Barbara
9:50-10:20 Break
10:20-12:30 Session 5: Chair, Janice Musfeldt, University of Tennessee
10:20 Rick Averitt, Boston University
"A perspective on the potential of dynamic high-field excitation experiments on correlated electron materials"
10:45 Junichiro Kono, Rice University
"Time-Domain Terahertz Magneto-Spectroscopy of Low-Dimensional Electron Plasmas"
11:10 Antoinette Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Materials: Probing to Control"
11:35 Larry Carr, Brookhaven National Lab
"Time-Resolved Studies of Materials using Accelerator-based THz Sources at the NSLS"
12:00 Mark Sherwin, UC Santa Barbara (short talk)"Ultra-strong coupling of short and quasi-cw THz pulses with semiconductor nanostructures"
12:10 Short discussion: Leader, Rick Averitt, BU
12:30-13:30 Working lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 6: Larry Carr, Brookhaven National Lab, Chair
13:30 Charlie Schmuttenmaer, Yale University
"THz-TDS studies of low frequency modes in organic molecular crystals and time-resolved THz studies of electron injection on dye-sensitized metal oxide nanomaterials"
13:55 Carol Hirschmugl, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"Rapid and Contact-less Broadband IR WIde-field Imaging with Multiple Synchrotron Beams"
14:20 Gwyn Williams, Jlab
"Low frequency electronic and vibrational dynamical coupling"
14:45 Further discussion: Leader, Charlie Schmuttenmaer, Yale
15:00 Wrap-up and start of report writing
"Over view of measurements on liquids and biomolecules using THz TDS"
"Potential Biological Applications of THz/IR"