NSF Workshop on US-Czech Frontiers in Photonics

知识价值：美国国家科学基金会将组织美国-捷克前沿光子学研讨会。它将于2013年4月18日至19日在捷克共和国的布拉格举行。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，探索光子学研究和发展的下一个前沿。来自美国和捷克学术界的领先专家将介绍光子学的最新技术，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，EUV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，以回顾最近在光子学方面令人兴奋的突破，建立合作，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。入选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。该研讨会预计将为不同群体的研究生或本科生及其导师建立未来的交流项目。包含演示文件和讨论结果的总结报告将通过史蒂文斯理工学院主办的研讨会网站发布，并将提供给更广泛的光子学研究界和公众。

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.