Workshop on Terahertz Sources for Time Resolved Studies of Matter
July 30-31, 2012
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
Scientific Program
| Monday, July 30 | ||
| 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45 AM – 8:50 AM | Welcome | L. Young |
| 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM | Workshop scope and charge | A. Zholents |
| 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM | Workshop overview and annoucements | H. Wen |
| 9:05 AM – 9:10 AM | Review of Scientific Instruments: A Special Issue on THz Sources | A. Macrander |
| Session Chair: K. Y. Kim | ||
| 9:10 AM – 9:55 AM |
Keynote Talk - High power source for nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy |
K. Nelson |
| 9:55 AM– 10:25 AM | Control of superconductivity in cuprate high-temperature superconductors using intense THz light pulses | S. Kaiser |
| 10:25 AM – 10:55 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:55 AM – 11:25 AM | Intense multi-terahertz pulses: electric and magnetic nonlinearities on the sub-cycle scale | R. Huber |
| 11:25 AM – 11:55 PM | High field THz science using linac-based sources | A. Lindenberg |
| 11:55 AM – 12:25 PM | THz makes X-ray | J. Hebling |
| 12:25 PM – 1:30 PM | Emerging science with intense THz sources (Working Lunch) | |
| Session Chair: S. Milton | ||
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Terahertz wave air photonics: generation and detection of intense THz waves with laser-induced plasma in gaseous media | J. Dai |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Narrow-band THz emission from laser-modulated beam | D. Xiang |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | The Jefferson Lab high power broadband THz facility | G. Williams |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break | |
| Session Chair: K. J. Kim | ||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Development of THz sources based on femtosecond electron pulse train | H. Hama |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Coherent THz pulses from linear SRF accelerators: perspectives for naturally synchronized THz pump probe experiments and novel electron beam diagnostic | M. Gensch |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Femtosecond synchronization for THz/VUV/X-ray pump probe experiments | J. Byrd |
| 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Introduction to discussion sessions | Discussion leaders |
| 7:00 PM | No Host Dinner | |
| Tuesday, July 31 | ||
| 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Discussion Session I: Accelerator based THz Source and Enabled Science Discussion Leaders: J. Byrd and G. Williams |
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| Intense broadband THz from FACET at SLAC | A. Fisher | |
| Tera Fermi | A. Perucchi | |
| Compact, e-beam based mm-and THz-wave light sources | S. Biedron | |
| Characterization of the THz radiation source at SPARC_LAB | E. Chiadroni | |
| Corrugated pipe for generating terahertz radiation | K. Bane | |
| Table Top Narrow Bandwidth Tunable THz source | S. Antipov | |
| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Discussion Session II: Laser Based THz Source and Enabled Science Discussion Leaders: J. Dai and J. Hebling |
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| Prospects of THz pulse generation with mJ-level energy and 100 MV/cm electric field | J. A. Fülöp | |
| Phase-matched scalable THz generation in two-color filamentation | K. Y. Kim | |
| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Low-cost, high-efficient THz sources (Working Lunch) | |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Discussion Session III: THz Pump, X-ray Probe Technique and Enabled Science Discussion Leaders: M. Gensch and H. Wen |
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| Conceptual design for a THz pump X-ray probe facility at the European X-FEL | M. Gensch | |
| Development and applications of THz bandwidth X-ray detectors | E. Landahl | |
| The current status of THz pump VUV probe at JLab | G. Williams | |
| Planning THz pump and X-ray probe at LCLS | A. Fisher | |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Conclusion | Discussion leaders |
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn | |
Notes
- The timeline and content for July 31 is an estimate which may vary based on the participant interests in the topics.
- The speakers of contribution talks will be contacted by discussion leaders for presentation details.