La conférence « L’optique non linéaire : la lumière devient magique », présentée par Jean-Louis-COUTAZ, enseignant-chercheur émérite au Centre de Radiofréquences, Optique et Micro-nanoélectronique des Alpes (CROMA), UFR Sciences et Montagne, aura lieu le mardi 11 juin 2024 à 18h à la présidence de l’université Savoie Mont Blanc, 27 rue Marcoz, 73000 Chambéry.
It will also be held :
- Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in Archamps
- Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in Annecy
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The field of non-linear optics covers all phenomena that occur when matter is illuminated with a very powerful beam of light. For example, light changes color as it passes through a perfectly transparent crystal.
Without lapsing into mathematical formalism, many formidable applications will be presented: the shortest controlled events (attosecond pulses) that humans are capable of producing, very high-speed fiber optic telecoms, medical imaging, ultimate microscopy, thermonuclear fusion, the creation of matter from light... but also, more prosaically, certain laser pointers that everyone can use every day.