Schools and Workshops

IMPRS Summer School 2023 - Vila Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic from July 24-26, 2023

‘Light-matter interactions: from atoms and molecules to solids’

08:15 am 

Welcome and Introduction

Organizers: Petr Slavíček, UCT Prague; Panos Giannakeas, MPI-PKS, Dresden;
Anna Anastasiou, MPI-PKS, Dresden; Pavel Jungwirth, Academy of Sciences, Prague

08:30 am 

Minimal coupling and different gauges in laser-matter interaction

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Grossmann, TU Dresden, Germany

10:00 am 

Coffee break

10:30 am 

From Rabi oscillations to counterdiabatic driving: the two-level paradigm

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Frank Grossmann, TU Dresden, Germany

12:00 pm 

Lunch

01:00 pm 

Need for speed: how to get the shortest trigger

Speaker: Dr. Vit Svoboda, JILA, USA

02:30 pm 

Coffee break

03:00 pm 

Need for speed: tracking molecular motion with light

Speaker: Dr. Vit Svoboda, JILA, USA

04:30 pm 

Coffee break

04:45 pm 

Simulating the photochemistry and photophysics of molecules – Part I

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Basile Curchod, University of Bristol, UK

06:15 pm 

Dinner

07:15 pm 

Photodynamics enters Politics: Fifty Years of Ozone Depletion

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Petr Slavicek, UCT Prague, Czech republic

 

08:30 am 

Simulating the photochemistry and photophysics of molecules – Part II

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Basile Curchod, University of Bristol, UK

10:00 am 

Coffee break

10:30 am 

Ultra-short pulses: generation and opportunities

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulf Saalmann, MPI-PKS Dresden, Germany

12:00 pm 

Lunch

01:00 pm 

Time delays: from scattering to photo-ionization

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulf Saalmann, MPI-PKS Dresden, Germany

02:30 pm 

Sightseeing in Petřín gardens: Mirror labyrinth & Watchtower

06:00 pm 

Dinner at restaurant „Restaurace U Mecenáše”
Malostranské nám. 261/10, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czech Republic

07:30 pm 

Discussions

09:00 am 

Time-resolved non-linear optical spectroscopy of molecular aggregates:
A theoretical introduction

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tomáš Mančal, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

10:30 am 

Coffee break

11:00 am 

Photo-induced excitation energy dynamics in photosynthetic antennas:
What does it all mean?

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tomáš Mančal, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

12:30 pm 

Lunch

01:30 pm 

Cavity QED - From basic models to extreme regimes – Part I

Speaker: Dr. Dominik Lentrodt, University of Freiburg, Germany

03:00 pm 

Coffee break

03:30 pm 

Cavity QED - From basic models to extreme regimes – Part II

Speaker: Dr. Dominik Lentrodt, University of Freiburg, Germany

05:15 pm 

Wrap-up

Organizers: Petr Slavíček, UCT Prague; Panos Giannakeas, MPI-PKS, Dresden;
Anna Anastasiou , MPI-PKS, Dresden; Pavel Jungwirth, Academy of Sciences, Prague

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