The first annual Siegman International School on Lasers will be hosted by Stanford University, the Ginzton Laboratory, and Stanford Photonics Research Center from August 3-8. The school has been funded by the OSA Foundation and IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP; Oxford, MA) in memory of Anthony “Tony” Siegman, past president of The Optical Society (OSA), founding member of The OSA Foundation, and a leading laser researcher and professor at Stanford for more than 40 years.
The school will provide more than 80 graduate students from 28 countries an immersive experience in both the academic and industry sides of laser science and engineering. Its charter states that at least 10% of the class will be students from developing nations; this year, more than 30% of the students accepted are from developing nations.
Presentations from well-known and pioneering laser researchers and experts from leading laser companies, include:
- Robert L. Byer, Stanford University, “50 Years of Lasers with Tony Siegman; Colleague, Friend and Mentor” and “Accelerator on a Chip: Recent Progress (>300 MeV/m)”
- Hui Cao, Yale University, “Microcavity Lasers” and “Random Lasers”
- Connie Chang-Hasnain, University of California, Berkeley, “Nano-photonics: Progress and Prospects”
- Steven Chu, Stanford University, "The Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability: A necessity that will be the mother of many inventions"
- Alexander L. Gaeta, Cornell University, “Chip-Based Nonlinear Photonics”
- Valentin Gapontsev, IPG Photonics, “Exploring a Career in Industry”
- Stephen E. Harris, Stanford University, “Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Slow Light” and “Parametric Down-Conversion Over Fifty Years: From Microwaves to X-rays”
- Jim Kafka, Spectra-Physics, a Newport Company, “Ultrafast Lasers and Ultrafast Science”
- David Richardson, Southampton University, “Fiber Lasers: From Basic Principles through to Emerging Applications”
- Bahaa E. A. Saleh, CREOL, “Coherence and Entanglement: Classical and Quantum”
- Mark Sobey, Coherent, “Cutting Edge Careers and Smartphones”
Students will also hear from Milton Chang, managing director of investment firm Incubic and author of the monthly Business Forum column in Laser Focus World, about his successful career path as a business leader and entrepreneur. Hank Gauthier, board member, IPG Photonics, will interview Chang.
For more information or to make a donation to the OSA Foundation (matched dollar-for-dollar by OSA), visit www.osa.org/foundation.
