NSF Workshop on US-Czech Frontiers in Photonics

知识价值：将组织一次关于美国-捷克光子学前沿的国家科学基金会讲习班。将于2013年4月18日至19日在捷克共和国布拉格举行。该研讨会的具体目标是汇集美国，捷克和欧洲领先的学术研究人员，探索光子学研究和开发的下一个前沿。来自美国和捷克共和国学术界的顶尖专家将展示光子学的最新发展水平，确定新兴领域，并建立新的国际合作。研讨会的主题将包括非线性光学、极紫外软X射线、微结构和特种光纤、光学传感器、光学操纵器、超材料、太赫兹和中红外光子学。更广泛的影响：本次研讨会将为学术专家提供一个论坛，回顾光子学领域最近令人兴奋的突破，建立合作关系，并确定未来的研究需求。科学思想的交叉授粉将影响美国和捷克共和国的科学和社会。选定的美国博士生将有机会与欧洲同行分享他们的研究工作，并获得国际视野。该研讨会预计将建立未来的研究生或本科生及其顾问的不同群体的交流计划。将通过设在史蒂文斯理工学院的讲习班网站传播载有专题介绍文件和讨论结果的摘要报告，并将向更广泛的光子学研究界和公众提供。

Intellectual Merit: An NSF Workshop on US-Czech Frontiers in Photonics is to be organized. It will be held in Prague, the Czech Republic on April 18-19, 2013. The specific goal of the Workshop is to bring together leading American, Czech and European academic researchers to explore the next frontiers in photonics research and development. Leading experts from the US and the Czech Republic academia will present the current state of the art in photonics, identify emerging areas, and establish new international collaborations. The workshop topics will include non-linear optics, EUV - soft x-rays, microstructured and specialty fibers, optical sensors, optical manipulators, metamaterials, and THz and Mid IR photonics.Broader Impacts: This workshop will provide a forum for academic experts to review recent and exciting breakthroughs in photonics, to establish collaborations, and to determine future research needs. The cross-pollination of scientific ideas will impact science and society in both the US and the Czech Republic. Selected US doctoral students will be given the opportunity to share their research work with European counterparts and to gain international perspectives. The Workshop is expected to establish future exchange programs for a diverse group of graduate or undergraduate students and their advisors. A summary report that contains the presentation files as well as the discussion outcomes will be disseminated via the Workshop website hosted at Stevens Institute of Technology and will be made available to the broader photonics research community and the general public.