2010 AIP Industrial Physics Forum final presentations

In celebration of Laserfest, the 52nd IPF's theme sessions examined diverse applications of laser technology, ranging in topic from biomedical and environmental applications to metrology. The Frontiers in Physics session addressed the most exciting physics research of 2010, regardless of field.

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Click on the talk titles below to see the invited speakers' video presentations.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25

Biomedical Applications of Lasers
Moderator: Michael Stanley, Chroma Technologies

Applications of Table Top Lasers Developed from the FEL

  • David Piston, Vanderbilt University

Laser Refractive Cataract Surgery with the LenSx Laser

  • Michael Karavitas, Lens X

From Photonics to Genomics: Lasers and Imaging Technology Enables Next-Generation DNA Sequencing

  • Suzanne Wakelin, Illumina

Biomedical Imaging With Optical Coherence Tomography

  • James Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (video not available)

Environmental Applications of Lasers
Moderator: Herwig Kogelnik, Alcatel-Lucent

NASA’s Space Lidar Measurements of Earth and Planetary Surfaces

  • Jim Abshire, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA

The Physics and Technology of Quantum Cascade Lasers

  • Federico Capasso, Harvard University

Tunable Infrared Laser Measurements of Industrial Process and Product Emissions

  • Charles Kolb, Aerodyne Research

Laser Remote Sensing of the Earth: Calipso and Beyond

  • Carl Weimer, Ball Aerospace

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26

Laser Applications in Metrology
Moderator: Georg Nadorff, CVI Melles Griot

Use of Lasers in Time and Frequency Applications (or Metrology)

  • Scott Diddams, NIST

Laser Fuse Processing for Advanced Memory Designs

  • Joohan Lee, GSI Laser Systems

Dynamic Interferometry for on-Machine Metrology

  • Michael North Morris, 4D Technology

The Electronic Kilogram and Lasers

  • Richard Steiner, NIST

Frontiers in Physics
Moderator: Benjamin Snavely, AIP

Viewing the High-Energy Universe with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

  • Peter Michelson, SLAC 

Quantum Entanglement and Information

  • Chris Monroe, University of Maryland

Epitaxial Graphene: Designing a New Electronic Material

  • Walter De Heer, Georgia Tech

The Status of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

  • Dan Green, Fermilab