Workshop 3
"Dynamics of Materials in Extreme Fields"
Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Organizer(s):
Lawrence Carr (NSLS-BNL) carr@bnl.gov
Dario Arena (NSLS-BNL) darena@bnl.gov
Location: Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Conference Room C
Description:
Materials can exhibit a variety of novel physical processes when
exposed to very strong electric and magnetic fields. The
polarization state of ferroelectric and multiferroic materials can
be switched by a sufficiently large transient electric field.
Electron spins will precess and re-align in a magnetic field,
affecting the overall magnetization state of a system. Competition
between spin and orbital degrees of freedom will influence ordering
phenomena in complex oxides. Cyclotron resonance and transitions
between Landau levels can become sufficiently strong to induce
quantum phenomena and metal-insulator transitions.
This workshop will address recent advances in studying the dynamical properties of
materials under extreme field (electric and/or magnetic) conditions
using synchrotron and linac-based radiation sources.
| Time |
List of Speakers |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks -- Lawrence Carr and Dario Arena |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
Mathias Schubert, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
"Terahertz and Far Infrared Ellipsometry Studies of Charge and Lattice Dynamics in Semiconductor and Metal Nanostructures Under Strong External Fields" |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University
"Multiferroic Ising Chain Magnets" |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Zahirul Islam, Argonne National Laboratory
"X-ray Studies of Materials in High, Pulsed Magnetic Fields" |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Paul Evans, University of Wisconsin - Madison
"Opportunities in Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics at Short Times and High Fields" |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Nuh Gedik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Ultrafast Structural Dynamics Observed with Atomic Scale Resolution" |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
John Singleton, Los Alamos National Laboratory and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
"Science Drivers for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory’s “BigLight” Source" |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. |
Yuzhen Shen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Non-Linear Optical Processes in ZnTe Using Intense Coherent THz Pulses at the NSLS SD1 Linac" |
| 3:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. |
Hsiang-Lin Liu, National Taiwan Normal University
"Magneto-Spectroscopy
Studies of Graphite Nanoplatelet Films" |
| 3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
G. Lawrence Carr, Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Prospects for Ultrafast Generation of Phase Fluctuations in Superconductors Using Intense THz Pulses" |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Tour of NSLS and Source Development Laboratory Linac Facilities NOTE: Foreign Nationals must have either a current BNL guest or visitor appointment or submit for approval through the Guest Information System (GIS) in advance. |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Workshop Ends |
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