Optical Control of Physical Processes Probed with X-rays - Workshop

This workshop will identify forefront research opportunities for optical control of physical properties in biological, chemical, and materials systems. This workshop will also address instrumentation related to the implementation of optical experiments at x-ray facilities.

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Physical Sciences Building - Cornell University

All sessions are in room 120 of the Physical Sciences Building

Session 1: Instrumentation and optical control of biological systems
9:00 - 9:15 AM Workshop Introduction
9:15 - 9:45 AM

Kate Shanks, CHESS

Towards single-bunch imaging and diffraction at CHESS
9:45 - 10:15 AM

Sergio Carbajo, UCLA

Nonequilibrium Photoactivated Molecular Dynamics: basic ingredients to make the most of controls and observables
10:15 - 10:30 AM Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00 AM

Jared Maxson, Cornell

High Brightness time-resolved electron micro-diffraction
11:00 - 11:30 AM

Petr Skopintsev, UCSB

Time-resolved serial X-ray crystallography of retinal ion transporter proteins
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Brian Crane, Cornell
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch (provided)
Session 2: Optical control of chemical processes and condensed matter systems
1:15 - 1:45 PM

Eli Kinigsten, LBL

X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy for precision measurements of photochemical dynamics
1:45 - 2:15 PM

Roseanne Sension, U Mich

Visualizing the Optical Control of Chemical Dynamics: X-ray studies of Cobalamins
2:15 - 2:45 PM Nicole Benedek, Cornell
2:45 - 3:00 PM Coffee/Tea Break
3:00 - 3:30 PM

Paul Evans, U Wisconsin-Madison

Optical Control of Structure, Phase, and Long-Range Order Parameters of Complex Oxides
3:30 - 4:00 PM Vlad Stoica, Penn State
4:00 - 4:45 PM Workgroup discussion (Instrumentation, Biology, Chemistry, Materials science)
4:45 - 5:00 PM Break
5:00 - 6:00 PM Concluding remarks with short presentations from the workgroups
6:30 PM Dinner (provided)