The lecture “Nonlinear Optics: Light Becomes Magic ,” presented by Jean-Louis COUTAZ, distinguished professor and researcher at the Center for Radiofrequencies, Optics, and Micro-Nanoelectronics of the Alps (CROMA), Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studies, will take place on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. at La Turbine Sciences in Annecy (entrance via Le Cinéma la Turbine).
It will also be held:
- Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in Archamps
- Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in Chambéry
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The field of nonlinear optics encompasses all phenomena that occur when matter is illuminated by a very powerful light beam. For example, light changes color as it passes through a perfectly transparent crystal.
Without getting bogged down in mathematical formalism, many amazing applications will be presented: the shortest controlled events (attosecond pulses) that humans are capable of producing, ultra-high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications, medical imaging, extreme microscopy, thermonuclear fusion, the creation of matter from light… but also, more prosaically, certain laser pointers that everyone can use on a daily basis.
LEARN MORE
- Download the 2023-2024 program for Amphis pour Tous (PDF – 2.6 MB)
- Watch videos of conferences from recent seasons
- Contact :
- The Science Turbine
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