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; | |
| 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” | |
| 07:30 pm | Discussions |
| 09:00 am | Time-resolved non-linear optical spectroscopy of molecular aggregates: 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: 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; |
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