New Scientific Possibilities with High Power THz Sources
a workshop to explore theory and experiments exploiting fourth generation light sources

Programme

Thursday 29

12:00 onwardsLunch
Restaurant
13:00Welcome
Peter Weightman
Session 1
Chair: Peter Weightman
13:10The High Power THz Programme at Jefferson Lab
Gwyn Williams
13:55Learning New Chemistry and Physics with THz Light
Charles Schmuttenmaer
14:40Scientific possibilities for a THz facility to study vibrationally mediated enzyme action
Nigel Scrutton
15:25New science with powerful THz sources
Bill Truscott
16:00Refreshments
 
Session2
Chair: Martyn Chamberlain
16:30Probing Terahertz Dynamics in Devices and Materials with the UCSB Free-electron Lasers: From Semiconductor Quantum Structures to Proteins
James Allen
17:15Controlling Light with Intense Coherent THz Pulses
Larry Carr
17:45Polarisation sensitive terahertz spectroscopy
Mike Johnston
18:15Discussion (including drinks)
 
19:00Close of Day 1
 
19:30Pre-Dinner Drinks – Halton Suite
20:00Dinner

Friday 30

Session 3
Chair: Larry Carr
08:30THz Photonics Using Ambient Air
Xi-Cheng Zhang
09:15A proposed novel multiplexed near field Terahertz microscope
Harvey Rutt
09:45CW THz Spectroscopy of Peptide Nanotubes and Co-solvated Crystals
David Plusquellic
10:30Refreshments
 
10:45Artificial Materials for Terahertz Frequency Use
Martyn Chamberlain
11:15Terahertz research activities at Novosibirsk free electron laser
Boris Knyazev
12:00THz Scanning Near-field Microspectroscopy Employing Coherent Synchrotron Radiation
Ulrich Schade
12:304GLS
Peter Weightman
13:00Lunch
 
13:304GLS Fly-through demonstration (during lunch)
 
14:00Discussion
Lead by Peter Weightman and Frances Quinn
16:00Close of Workshop
 

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