Students in Prof. Michael Downer's PHY 395K class present 15-minute overviews of current topics in nonlinear optics and laser science. Contact Prof. Downer or refer to online calendar for schedule of talks.

I. NLO processes in solids & lasers

- 14:00: Kevin Sampson, Laser mode-locking with a saturable absorber
- 14:20: Andew Yandow, Entangled photons from parametric downconversion
- 14:40: Junho Choi, Nonlinear photoelectron emission from plasmonic nanocrystals
- 15:00: Nate Nunley, Nonlinear magneto-optic Kerr effect (N-MOKE)
- 15:20: Coffee Break

II. NLO processes in gases, particle beams, vacuum

- 15:30: Thanh Ha, Coherent XUV light from high-order harmonic generation
- 15:50: Zhaodong Chu, Electromagnetically-induced transparency
- 16:10: Bingzhe Zhao, Electromagnetically-induced transparency and ultra-slow light pulses
- 16:30: Xiantao Cheng, Second-order nonlinear Compton backscatter from e-beams
- 16:50: Jason Brooks, Nonlinear quantum electrodynamics