The lecture “Nonlinear Optics: Light Becomes Magic ,” presented by Jean-Louis COUTAZ, professor emeritus at the Center for Radio Frequencies, Optics, and Micro-Nanoelectronics of the Alps (CROMA), Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studies, will take place on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Office of the President of the University of 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 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.