Condensed Matter Science:Research at the UK New Light Source
2nd October 2009, Lecture Theatre 3, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College
The proposed New Light Source (NLS) is based on Free Electron Laser technology, and will allow for great advances in our ability to study Condensed Matter experimentally.
• Coherent imaging on the nanometer and Angstroem lengthscales
• Image Correlation Spectroscopies detecting and spatially resolving fluctuations up to
frequencies of tens or hundreds of THz
• Ultra-narrow-line inelastic scattering without monochromators, concentrating unprecedented flux in laser-like bandwidths of few meV
• Time resolved dynamics of non-equilibrium processes in the solid state with only few
femtosecond or even attosecond time resolutions
These are only a few of the seemingly endless possibilities before us.
This meeting will feature a plenary talk by Dr. Robert Schoenlein, of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Deputy Director for Science of the Advanced Light Source (ALS). Dr. Schoenlein is the inventor of many of the femtosecond x-ray techniques that combine ultrafast lasers and relativistic electron beams, and has explored early applications in materials science and liquid phase chemistry.
09.30 - 10.15 Richard Walker (Diamond Light Source)
New light Source Facility Overview
10.15 - 11.00 Andrea Cavalleri ( Max Planck Group for Structural Dynamics, University
of Hamburg, CFEL & University of Oxford)
Condensed Matter Research Opportunities at the NLS
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee/Tea
11.30 - 12.15 Dr Robert Schoenlein (LBNL & Deputy Science Director
for Science at ALS) Ultrafast Science: Using Lasers and X-rays to Reveal the Motion of Atoms and Electrons
12.15 - 13.00 Discussion Session: participants are invited to contribute;
bring a few slides if you wish
13.00 Close of Meeting
