Student and Young Scientist Participation in the 8th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers to be held in Aspen, Colorado

PI的要求从NSF的资金，以支持美国学生的出席率 和年轻的科学家参加“第八届X射线激光国际会议”，将在 2002年5月的最后一周，在科罗拉多州的白杨，白杨研究所。这双- 一年一度的国际会议被公认为X射线激光领域最重要的会议， 并构成了一个论坛，报告激光前沿之一的最新进展 research.会议将涵盖超短波长激光器开发的进展， 理论和应用。软X射线激光领域的进展在以下方面具有协同效应： 几个学科。经过几十年的研究，这些来源现在已经达到了这样的地步， 他们对许多学科做出了重要贡献，包括等离子体物理学， 材料表面表征、纳米电子计量学和生物学。的延续 因此，该领域的进展具有重要的科学和工业意义。 会议历史性地改变了地点，在不同的时间， 为来自不同国家的科学家和学生提供最大的出席机会。五月 2002年是该会议在美国威廉斯堡举行的第八年 （弗吉尼亚州），1994年5月。2002年的白杨会议是在 瑞典（隆德，1996）、日本（京都，1998）和法国（圣马洛，2000）。白杨会议 将为美国科学和广泛的技术界提供积极的机会， 参加这个国际论坛。国家科学基金会的支持将是重要的， 协助最大数量的美国学生和年轻科学家参与，并使 一般科学界可通过 迅速出版会议记录。来自世界各地的250多名科学家 预计将出席。

The PI's are requesting funding from NSF to support the attendance of US students and young scientists to the "8th International Conference in X-Ray Lasers", that will be held at the Aspen Institute, in Aspen Colorado during the last week of May of 2002. This bi- annual international conference is recognized as the most important in the field of X-Ray lasers, and constitutes a forum to report the most recent advances in one of the frontiers of laser research. The conference will cover advances in ultrashort wavelength laser development, theory, and applications. Advances in the field of soft x-ray lasers have a synergistic effect in several disciplines. After decades of research these sources have now reached the point at which they are making important contributions to numerous disciplines, including plasma physics, material surface characterization, nanoelectronic metrology, and biology. The continuation of advance of this field is therefore of significant scientific and industrial interest. The conference has historically changed locations, to give at different times the maximum opportunity for attendance to scientists and students from different countries. In May 2002 it will be 8 years since the conference was held in the United States, in Williamsburg (Virginia), in May 1994. The 2002 Aspen conference follows very successful meetings in Sweden (Lund, 1996), Japan (Kyoto, 1998) and France (Saint Malo, 2000). The Aspen meeting will offer the United States scientific and broad technical community the opportunity to actively participate in this international forum. National Science Foundation support will be important in assisting the participation a maximum number of US students and young scientists, and to make the presentations at the meeting accessible to the scientific community in general through the rapid publication of the conference proceedings. More than 250 scientists from all over the world are expected to attend.