Archive:   past announcements, info, schedules

Meetings held on Thu 3pm, Weniger 305
Group meeting schedules: Fall 2007 term
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
10/04Sam Summary of the NRL fellowship activities Update
10/11Jonathan Photoconductivity: organics vs GaAs Progress Report
10/18Andy Fluorescence: quantum yields, structure-property relationships, correlation with photoconductivity, and E-field dependence Progress Report
10/25Mark TBA Journal Club
11/01Sam TBA Journal Club
11/08Jonathan TBA Journal Club
11/15 Whitney Spin valves     (Note: the meeting is at 2 pm.) Update
11/29Andy TBA Journal Club
12/06Mark Wavelength dependence of the optical trapping force Progress Report

Meetings held on Fri 3pm, Weniger 305
Group meeting schedules: Summer 2007 term
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
07/13Mark Paper of speaker's choice: a review Journal Club
07/20Andy E-field-dependent luminescence Progress Report
07/27Mark Optical trapping of dyed vs undyed nanospheres Progress Report
08/03Jonathan Ultrafast photoconductivity of organic semiconductors Progress Report
08/10,17 No meetings these two weeks  
08/24Vince Optical absorption of bone tissue Progress Report
08/31Andy TBA Journal Club
09/07Jonathan TBA Journal Club
09/14Vince TBA Journal Club
09/21Mark Wavelength dependence of trapping Progress Report
09/28Andy Single-molecule imaging Progress Report
10/5 Jonathan Photoconductivity of organics Progress Report

Note  No group meeting on March 16 due to our participation in the Open House event.

Meetings held on Fri 4pm, Weniger 305
Group meeting schedules: Winter 2007 term
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
01/11Oksana Organizational Update
01/19  No meeting: workshop at Berkley  
01/26Andy and Mark K. Summary of imaging workshop at UC Berkeley Update
02/02Sam
Mark M.
Pulse compressor
Pump-probe spectroscopy
Progress Report
10-min talk
02/09Jonathan TBA Journal Club
02/16Mark K. TBA Journal Club
02/23Andy TBA Journal Club
03/02Jonathan Ultrafast photoconductivity in polyacenes Progress Report
03/09Mark K. FROG + optical trapping Progress Report
03/16   No meeting: Open House event  

Nov 1  Abstract submission deadline for the MRS Spring Meeting (April 9-13, 2007 in San Francisco)

Nov 20  Abstract submission deadline for the APS March Meeting (March 5-9, 2007 in Denver)

Dec 1  Abstract submission deadline for the CLEO/QELS Meeting (May 6-11, 2007 in Baltimore)

Meetings held on Fri 3pm, Weniger 305
Group meeting schedules: Fall 2006 term
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
10/06Jonathan, Andy, Mark K. Summary of the OCO meeting Update
10/13Jonathan TBA Journal Club
10/20Mark K. TBA Journal Club
10/27Andy TBA Journal Club
11/03Mark M. TBA Journal Club
11/10Jonathan Ultrafast photoconductivity in polyacenes Progress Report
11/17Mark K. FROG Progress Report
12/01Andy Calibration of the time-resolved fluorescence microscopy setup Progress Report
12/08Mark M. Pump-probe spectroscopy of organic semiconductors Progress Report

Apr 27  Deadline for submission of an abstract to Organic Thin Films Symposium, San Francisco, Sept. 10-14, 2006.

Meetings held on Fri 4pm, Weniger 305
Group meeting schedules: Spring term 2006
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
04/14Mark, Zack Report from an undergraduate research conference at OHSU Update
04/28Vince Overview of photodynamic therapy Progress Report
05/05Andy Calibration of pulse compressor Progress Report
05/12Jonathan Optical and photoconductive properties of pentacene derivatives Progress Report
05/19Joe Autocorrelator/FROG (thesis)Progress Report
05/26Zack Properties of polythiophene/Au nanocomposites (thesis) Progress Report
06/02Mark Calibration of the pump-probe setupProgress Report

Jan 30  Deadline for submitting an abstract to SPIE Optics and Photonics conference on August 13-17, 2006 in San Diego, CA (call for papers).

March  Demonstration of a fluorescence microscope from Olympus. The date will be announced.

March  Demonstration of a monochromator from Jobyn–Yvon. The date will be announced.

Apr 3  Deadline for submitting a progress report.

Group meeting schedules: Winter term 2006
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
01/12Oksana Lab OperationOrganizational
01/19Andrew TCSPC measurements Progress Report
01/31 Jonathan Electronic properties of materials: GaAs vs pentacene     (Note: Tuesday) Progress Report
02/09Joseph Autocorrelator/FROGProgress Report
02/16Mark Pump-probe setupProgress Report
03/13 Zack Conductivity in the polythiophene/Au nanocomposite     (Note: Monday) Progress Report
Andrew     Continues next termJournal Club
Jonathan     Continues next term Journal Club

Sep 30  Demonstration of a fast oscilloscope from Agilent.

Sep 29  Demonstration of a fast oscilloscope from Tektronics.

Nov 13  Deadline for submission of an abstract to the materials science section (PMSE) of the ACS annual meeting (San Francisco, CA, Sept 10-14, 2006). See Chemistry.org's listing of Future ACS National Meetings and Expositions.

Nov 30  Deadline for submitting an abstract to APS March Meeting (Baltimore, MD, March 13-17, 2006). See the Abstract Submission page.

Dec 12  Deadline for submitting an abstract to CLEO/QELS Meeting (Long Beach, CA, May 21-26, 2006). See the CLEO/QELS page.

Group meeting schedules: Fall term 2005
DateSpeaker TitlePresentation
09/29/05Oksana Lab OperationOrganizational
10/06/05Oksana Electric field-induced charge transfer in nanocomposites Journal Club
10/13/05Mark Pump-probe time-resolved spectroscopyProgress Report
10/20/05Joseph Autocorrelator/FROGProgress Report
10/27/05Oksana Update from OSAReport
11/03/05Jonathan Ultrafast time-resolved photoconductivityProgress Report
11/10/05Andrew Fundamentals of fluorescence microscopyProgress Report
11/17/05Zack Optical properties of conductive polymers and nanocomposites Progress Report
12/01/05Jonathan Transient photoconductivity and luminescence in organic crystals Journal Club
TBAAndrew Time-correlated single photon counting system for single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopyJournal Club