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Chemical, Biological and Condensed Matter Studies with Ultrafast X-Ray & THz Pulses

May 27-28, 2010

Location: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 703, Large Conference Room

Workshop Chair: Dario Arena (BNL)

Ultrafast probes have been developing rapidly across a wide spectral range.  In the x-ray regime, ultrafast probes can reveal details of phase transitions, spin ordering, phenomena, and transient states in chemical reactions and biological processes.  This workshop will address the scientific opportunities available at storage ring sources which can generate ultrashort x-ray bunches with high repetition rates, tunable emission energy, and long-term stability.  Moreover, as the methods selected for generating ultrashort x-ray pulses can also produce strong coherent THz emission, additional topics on THz probes of chemical dynamics and materials processes will be discussed.

 

Speakers

John Asbury, Penn State University / Klaus Attenkoffer,  APS / Paul Beaud, PSI / Ed Castner, Rutgers University  / Rob Crowell, BNL / Erik Dufresne, APS / Hermann Durr, PULSE Inst.-SLAC / Paul Evans, University  of Wisconsin / Tony Heinz, Columbia University / Wah-Keat Lee, APS-ANL / Mike Martin, ALS-LBNL /  Christoph Rose-Petruck, Brown University

 

Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, May 27, 2010

9:00 am - 9:25 am Dario Arena (BNL) Welcome Remarks / Workshop Goals
9:25 am - 9:45 am Qun Shen (BNL) Introduction to NSLS-II and BDP Process
9:45 am - 10:15 am Boris Podobedov (BNL) Short Bunch Operations at Storage Rings
10:15 am - 10:45 am Li Hua Yu (BNL) Accelerator Options for Short Bunch Operations at NSLS-II
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Mike Martin (ALS-LBNL) THz Diagnostics for Ultrafast Source
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Oleg Tchoubar (BNL) Laser Slicing at SOLEIL
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Paul Beaud (PSI) Ultrafast Phase Transitions Viewed by Femtosecond XRD
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Hermann Durr (PULSE Inst.-SLAC) Femto-second Studies of Correlated Electron Systems
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Tony Heinz (Columbia) Dynamics in Condensed Matter
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Eric Dufresne (APS) Laser-initiated Lattice Dynamics Studied via tr-XRD
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Paul Evans (Univ. Wisconsin) Electrically Driven Dynamics in Complex Oxides
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee and Discussion
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Self Catered Dinner Offsite

Friday, May 28 2010

9:00 am - 9:10 am Dario Arena (BNL) First Day Summary, Second Day Introduction
9:10 am - 9:40 am Rob Crowell (BNL) TBD
9:40 am - 10:10 am John Asbury (Penn State) Ultrafast mid-IR Spectroscopy Used to Examine Charge Generation in Organic Photovoltaic Material
10:10 am 10:40 am Christoph Rose-Petruck (Brown) Ultrafast x-ray absorption measurements of Fe(CO)5 in ethanol with single picosecond temporal resolution using a synchrotron x-ray source
10:40 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Ed Castner (Rutgers) Dynamics and Structure in Ionic Liquids
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Klaus Attenkoffer (APS) Opportunities and Challenges of Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy & Scattering in Chemical Sciences
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Wah-Keat Lee (ANL) Sub-microsecond x-ray phase-contrast imaging at the APS
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Dario Arena (BNL) Workshop Re-cap
1:50 pm - 5:00 pm Discussion and report writing

Administrative Contact:  Lydia Rogers, telephone:  631-344-4746; email: lrogers@bnl.gov

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