Support for International Quantum Cascade Laser School and Workshop (IQCLSW) 2016. Held in Cambridge, United Kingdom on September 4-9, 2016.

支持2016年国际量子级联激光学校和研讨会（IQCLSW）非技术说明：该资助为来自美国机构的年轻科学家（博士后和研究生）提供资金支持，并获得参加2016年国际量子级联激光学校和研讨会（IQCLSW）的排名最高的报告。从2004年开始，每两年举办一次。它是所有在量子级联激光器领域工作的团体讨论该领域最新发展和产生新的研究方向的主要场所。量子级联激光器是在中红外和太赫兹电磁频谱范围内工作的半导体激光器，在化学和生物传感、自由空间光通信、防御性红外对抗、安全筛选和危险物质远程检测等领域具有许多重要应用。2016年IQCLSW会议将于2016年9月4日至9日在英国剑桥举行。一个重要的组成部分是为期2天的学校部分，其中一个小时的指导演讲针对研究生和年轻科学家，使他们迅速熟悉这项快速发展的技术的基础知识，从而为新一代科学家提供教育和培训。2016年IQCLSW会议将有重要的应用重点，将包括和参与中红外和太赫兹光子学行业。技术描述：2016年IQCLSW会议以为期两天的学校部分开始，由该领域的顶尖科学家和工程师针对学生，博士后和年轻科学家进行长达9小时的指导演讲。教程介绍旨在教授快速发展的中红外和太赫兹量子级联激光器以及中红外和太赫兹光子学应用领域的基础知识。为期3天的研讨会将有4个主题演讲，10-15个邀请演讲和45-55个贡献演讲，以及海报会议，重点关注量子级联激光器及其应用的最新发展。将讨论的应用包括：高分辨率光谱、显微镜、化学和生物医学传感、相干检测、成像、安全筛查和红外对抗。

Support for the 2016 International Quantum Cascade Laser School and Workshop Nontechnical description: This grant provides funding support to young scientists (postdocs and graduate students) from US institutions with the top-ranked accepted presentation to attend the 2016 International Quantum Cascade Laser School and Workshop (IQCLSW). The IQCLSW conference is held every 2 years since 2004. It serves as a premier venue for all the groups working in the field of quantum cascade lasers for discussing the latest developments in the field and generating new research directions. Quantum cascade lasers are semiconductor lasers operating in mid-infrared and terahertz range of electromagnetic spectrum which have numerous important applications in the fields of chemical and biological sensing, free-space optical communications, defensive infrared countermeasures, securing screening, and remote detection of dangerous substances. The 2016 IQCLSW conference will be held in Cambridge, United Kingdom on September 4-9, 2016. An important component is the 2-day school portion, in which hour-long tutorial presentations are aimed at graduate students and young scientists to rapidly acquaint them with the fundamentals of this rapidly developing technology and thus provide education and training of the new generation of scientists. The 2016 IQCLSW conference will have a significant applications focus and will include and engage mid-infrared and terahertz photonics industry. Technical description: The 2016 IQCLSW meeting starts with the two-day School section, with 9 hour-long tutorial presentations by top scientists and engineers in the field aimed at students, postdocs, and young scientists. Tutorial presentations are designed to teach the fundamentals of the rapidly evolving field of mid-infrared and terahertz quantum cascade lasers and mid-infrared and terahertz photonics applications. The 3-day Workshop follows the School and will have 4 keynote, 10-15 invited and 45-55 contributed talks, as well as poster sessions, focused on the most recent developments in quantum cascade lasers and their applications. Applications that will be discussed include: high-resolution spectroscopy, microscopy, chemical and biomedical sensing, coherent detection, imaging, security screening, and infrared countermeasures.