PROPHET Postgraduate Photonics Workshop
"Theory and modelling in Photonics"
Wednesday 11 - Friday 13 April 2012
Physics Department, University of Pavia, Italy
Workshop programme (17/3)
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The workshop is open to PROPHET fellows/seniors and to any interested students or researchers. There is no registration fee but the number of non-PROPHET participants may be limited in case of a high request.
Deadline for registration and hotel accommodation is January 31st, 2012.
Later registrations may be accepted, subject to hotel availability.
Please fill in the registration and accommodation form and send it by email or fax to the Organising Secretary: stefania.riboni@unipv.it, fax +39 0382 987563
Scientific committee:
Lucio Claudio Andreani (University of Pavia)
Guillaume Huyet (Tyndall Institute, Cork, PROPHET coordinator)
Piotr Kowalczewski (University of Pavia, student’s representative)
Eoin O'Reilly (Tyndall Institute, Cork)
Andrei Vladimirov (WIAS, Berlin)
The second workshop of Marie Curie Initial Training Network PROPHET will be held at the Physics Department “A. Volta”, University of Pavia, Italy. It will deal with theoretical background and modelling methods in photonics related to photonics activities of the network: quantum dot mode-locked laser for communications applications, photovoltaic cells and photonic structures, mid-infrared lasers for gas sensing, optical coherence tomography. The program will include tutorial-like talks, training on communication skills, student’s presentations, and a scientific discussion on PROPHET workpackages.
Draft programme (see top of page for full printable version):
Wednesday 11 April
Tutorial lectures (9.00-15.30):
Rainer A. Leitgeb (Medical University Vienna): Optical Coherence Tomography
Eoin O'Reilly (Tyndall National Institute, Cork): k.p theory in semiconductor nanostructures
Claude Weisbuch (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau): Short tour of 50 years of semiconductor laser physics
Carlo Sirtori (Université Paris Diderot): Quantum cascade lasers: challenges and perspectives
Guillaume Huyet (Tyndall National Institute, Cork): Laser mode-locking
Andrei Vladimirov (WIAS Institute, Berlin): Dynamics in lasers/ QD lasers
Student presentations and soft skills (16.00-18.00)
Lab tour, informal meetings
Thursday 12 April
Tutorial lectures (9.00-15.30):
Peter Bienstman (Gent University): Photonic crystals and modelling by eigenmode expansion
Mario Agio (CNR-INO and LENS, Florence): Modelling of photonic and plasmonic systems by time-domain discretization methods
Philippe Lalanne (CNRS-Orsay): Fourier-modal methods: from diffraction gratings to photonic and plasmonic systems
Lucio C. Andreani (University of Pavia): General theory of solar cells: limits to efficiency
Franz-Josef Haug (EPFL Neuchatel): Light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells
Cosimo Gerardi (ST Microelectronics, Catania): Charge transport in solar cells and electro-optical modelling
Student presentations and soft skills (16.00-18.00)
Lab tour &
Gala dinner
Friday 13 April
Supervisory board meeting and student presentations (9.00-10.00)
Workpackage presentation and discussion, wrap-up session (10.00-17.00)
Participant attending the lectures are expected to arrive on Tuesday 10 April. The scientific program of the workshop will terminate in the afternoon of Friday 13 April. Participants are encouraged to stay in Pavia for the weekend in order to enjoy the many cultural and touristic opportunities of the town, including the famous nearby monastery named
Certosa di Pavia, and of other cities in northern Italy.
A touristic program (visit to the Certosa di Pavia and city tour) is planned in the morning of Saturday 14 April: please indicate in the registration form if you are interested.