Previous Applied Physics seminars
Seminars 2012
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Mar 29 |
Eeva-Liisa Karjalainen, SU |
What vibrations tell about proteins - biological infrared spectroscopy |
| Mar 15 |
Dr Astrid S. de Wijn, SU |
From microscopic nonlinear dynamics to macroscopic friction: low-friction sliding of nanocrystals |
| Mar 1 |
Prof Mats Larsson, SU |
The science behind substance identification in doping controls |
| Feb 16 |
Prof Mark Pearce, KTH |
Floating at the edge of space - balloon-borne X-ray polarimetry |
| Feb 2 |
Prof Ulrik Lund Andersen, Technical University of Denmark |
Quantum optical experiments - from centimeter to nanometer technology |
Seminars 2011
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Nov 24 |
Dale Martz, KTH SCI |
Development of High Power Laser Driven Soft X-Ray Plasma Sources for Applications |
| Nov 22 |
Dr Christian David, Paul Scherrer Institut |
Diffractive optics for imaging and diagnostics on x-ray tubes, synchrotrons, and free-electron lasers |
| Nov 10 |
Dr Markus Schmidt, Max‐Planck Institute for the Science of Light |
Fiber form nanophotonic devices: from plasmonics towards nonlinear optics |
| Oct 27 |
Ozan Öktem, KTH SCI |
Sparse signal processing - Going beyond Nyquist |
| Oct 13 |
Prof Gunnar Björk, KTH SCI |
Research activities at the Quantum Electronics and Quantum Optics group (QEO) |
| Sep 29 |
Prof Mikael Östling, KTH ICT |
SiC power devices – present status, applications and future perspective |
| Sep 15 |
Val Zwiller, Kavli Institute of
Nanoscience, TU Delft |
Nano-optics with single photons |
| Jun 16 |
Prof. F. Ömer Ilday, Bilkent University, Turkey |
Nonlinear engineering of ultrashort-pulse fiber lasers and applications for nanostructure self assembly |
| Jun 9 |
Prof Per Delsing, Chalmers |
Towards the quantum regime with propagating acoustic waves: Local probing in a GHz echo chamber |
| Jun 7 |
Prof Sergey Kulik, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Control Over Frequency- and Angular Spectrum of Biphoton Field And its Possible Application for Quantum Communications |
| May 30 |
Prof Thorsten Wohland, National University of Singapore |
Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for the Investigation of Cell Membrane Organization |
| May 26 |
Prof Sunney X. Xie, Harvard Univ, USA |
Life at the Single Molecule Level |
| Apr 28 |
Assoc Prof Martin Wiklund, KTH |
Ultrasonic manipulation of single cells |
| Apr 14 |
Eli Gunnarson, Karolinska Insitutet |
Water and Brain |
| Mar 31 |
Stefan Wennmalm, KTH |
Simultaneous analysis of labeled and unlabeled protein molecules (or microspheres) with inverse-fluorescence orrelation spectroscopy |
| Mar 17 |
Prof Robert Forccheimer, Linköping Univeristy |
Image processing - from a compression point-of-view |
| Mar 3 |
Hendrik Steigerwald, Bonn University |
Structuring of ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate crystals by UV light |
| Feb 17 |
Prof Ulf Österberg, Norges Teknisk-
Naturvitenskapelige Universitet |
High Power THz Generation |
| Feb 3 |
Workshop KTH - KI |
Workshop at the Interface between Applied Physics and Medicine |
| Jan 20 |
Prof Mats Göthelid, KTH Kista |
Surfaces and interfaces in the dye sensitized solar cell |
Seminars 2010
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Dec 9 |
Prof Sune Svanberg, LTH and Lund Laser Center |
The Laser - the first 50 years |
| Nov 11 |
Prof Dimitrios Stamou, University of Copenhagen |
Membrane curvature as an allosteric modulator of protein localization and function |
| Oct 28 |
Prof Stefan Kröll, Lund University |
Control at the quantum level |
| Oct 14 |
Prof Dr Akira Endo, Dresden and Tokyo |
Review of the present technology of the radiation source for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography |
| Sep 30 |
Prof Klaus Boller, University Twente |
Laser Wakefield acceleration |
| Sep 16 |
Prof Jan Hoh, John Hopkins School of Medicine |
Spatial information and information dynamics in biological systems |
| Jun 10 |
Assoc Prof Åsa Emmer, KTH |
Novel concepts in microseparation/preconcentration and mass spectrometry |
| May 27 |
Marcus Wilhelmsson, Chalmers |
Fluorescent Nucleic Acid Base Analogues – Development and Use in Biological Systems |
| Apr 29 |
Prof Johan Hofkens, Katolieke Univ Leuven, Belgien |
Probing (bio)molecular dynamics with single molecule spectroscopy |
| Mar 18 |
Saulius Marcinkevicius, KTH |
Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy: Principle, Instrumentation and Examples |
| Mar 4 |
Pär Jelger, Syntell AB |
High power fiber lasers – Applications and limitations |
| Feb 18 |
Anne L'Huillier, Lunds Tekniska Högskola |
Attosecond Light Pulses and Attosecond Physics |
| Feb 3 |
Prof Charles Nicholson, New York University |
Diffusion in Brain Extra cellular Space Reveals Properties and Challenges |
| Jan 21 |
Prof Antoine Delon, Université Joseph Fourier |
Single molecule microscopy and spectroscopy - optical developments and applications for biology |
Seminars 2009
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Dec 17 |
Prof Ulf Leonhardt, University of St Andrews, UK |
Geometry, light and a wee bit of magic |
| Dec 3 |
Prof Martyn Hills, University of South Hampton, UK |
Ultrasonic particle manipulation in layered microfluidic resonators |
| Nov 19 |
Catharina Davis, Norges Tekniske-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet |
"Delivery of nanomedicine in tumour tissue: Strategies to overcome the barriers" |
| Nov 5 |
Michael Malkoch, Division of Coating Technology, KTH |
"Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Compounds" |
| Okt 8 |
Patrice Bertet, CEA |
"High-visibility single-shot readout for superconducting qubits in cavities" |
| Jun 4 |
Assoc. Prof. Ulrich Vogt, Biomedical & X-Ray Physics, KTH |
"X-ray free electron lasers – the ultimate tool for x-ray imaging?" |
| May 7 |
Docent Per Uhlen, Inst. Medicinsk Biokemi och Biofysik (MBB), Karolinska Institutet |
"Calcium imaging: feed back loops and oscillations" |
| Apr 23 |
Prof. Jens Birch, Department of Physics, Linköping University |
"Nano-level materials science for improved multilayers and superlattices" |
| Mar 26 |
Dr. Sergey Kubatkin, Chalmers University of Technology |
"Single-molecular transistors and switches" |
| Mar 12 |
Prof. Jan Linnros, Laboratory of Material and Semiconductor Physics, KTH |
"Silicon quantum dots - do they exist?" |
| Feb 26 |
Prof. Valdas Pasiskevicius |
"Nanophotonics: promises and challenges" |
| Feb 12 |
Prof. Mark Rutland, KTH Surface Chemistry and Institute for Surface Chemistry |
"Interactions with AFM: Superlubricity, Pulp Friction and Bad Hair days" |
| Jan 29 |
Dr. Niklas Gador, Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University |
"Time-resolved photo electron spectroscopy of DNA base pairs and ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Photosynthesis complexes" |
| Jan 15 |
Dr. Aman Russom, Cell Physics, KTH |
"Microfluidic tools for clinical diagnostics: moving sample processing from the lab to the patient's bedside" |
Seminars 2008
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Dec 4 |
Emilie Flaberg, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, KI |
"Development of automated microscopy methods to assist the research, diagnosis and treatment of human malignancies" |
| Nov 20 |
Carolyn Larabell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
"Visualizing the 3-D organization of biological cells with soft x-ray tomography" |
| Nov 6 |
Gert Auer and Prof. Hans Wiksell, Karolinska Institute |
"Management of Breast Cancer" |
| Oct 23 |
David Haviland, Nanostructure Physics, KTH |
"Intermodulation Atomic Force Microscopy" |
| Oct 9 |
Hans Ågren, Theoretical Chemistry, KTH |
"Multiphysics Modeling of Optical Properties" |
| Sept 25 |
Hans Hebert, KTH Syd |
"Electron Microscopy in Structural Biology" |
| Sept 11 |
Lars-Erik Berg, Chemical Physics, KTH |
"Laser spectroscopy in nuclear physics at ISOLDE" |
| May 8 |
Sharon Stone-Elander, KI |
"PET in-vivo molecular imaging" |
| May 8 |
Tor Sandén, Exp. Biomolecular Physics, KTH |
"Monitoring kinetics of highly environment sensitive states of fluorescent molecules by modulated excitation and time-averaged fluorescent intensity recording" |
| April 24 |
Joakim Andréasson, Physical Chemistry, CTH |
"Photochromic Systems for Molecular Logic and Photo-Switching of Biological Processes" |
| April 10 |
Mårten Stjernström, Analytical Chemistry & Laser Physics, KTH |
"Emerging techniques for biomolecular Analysis" |
| March 27 |
Peter Århem, Dept. of Neurophysiology, KI |
"How the nerve cell excitability and firing properties depend on the density of ion channels in the cell membrane" |
| March 13 |
Björgvin Hjörvarsson, Materials Physics, Uppsala University |
"The Influence of Extension on Magnetsic Ordering" |
| Feb 28 |
Adrian Iovan, Nanostructure Physics, KTH |
"Spin Diode" |
| Feb 14 |
Elisabeth Sörgel, Physikalisches Inst., Bonn Universität |
"Investigation of ferroelectric domains with piezoresponse force microscopy" |
| Jan 31 |
Bengt Fadeel, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), KI |
"Nanotoxicology: understanding the potential risks of engineered nanomaterials for human health" |
| Jan 17 |
Jonas Hellström, Laser Physics, KTH |
"On diode-pumped Yb and Er-Yb solid-state lasers " |
Seminars 2007
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| Dec 6 |
Vladimir Krasnov, Stockholm University |
"Natural atomic superlattices " |
| Nov 22 |
Mohamed Bourennane, Stockholm University |
"Entanglement" |
| Nov 8 |
Hjalmar Brismar and Masato Yasui, Cell Physics, KTH |
"Joint KTH and Keio symposium on novel techniques in aquaporin research" |
| Oct 25 |
Åsa Claesson, ACREO |
"Activities at ACREO Fiber Optic center" |
| Oct 11 |
Björn Önfelt, Cell Physics, KTH |
"Probing intercellular communication across immune synapses and membrane nanotubes" |
| Sept 27 |
Stefan Ståhl, Department of Biotechnology, KTH |
"Affibody molecules for tumor imaging" |
| June 7 |
Lars Thylén, Department of Microelectronics and Information, KTH |
"Plasmonics and nanophotonics" |
| May 24 |
Fredrik Nikolajeff, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University |
"Some recent advances in micro-optics: from nanoimprinting to square meter foils" |
| May 11 |
Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute, Göttingen |
"Far-field optical nanoscopy" |
| April 26 |
Mats Danielsson, Medical Imaging, Department of Physics, KTH |
"Novel Methods in Medical X-ray Imaging" |
| April 12 |
Andreas Sonesson, Cell Physics, KTH |
"Dynamics of Enzymes at Interfaces" |
| March 29 |
Michael Fokine, Politecnico di Torino |
"The Ultimate Thermal Stability of Optical Fiber Bragg Gratings" |
| March 15 |
Johan Åkerman, School of Information and Communication Technology, KTH |
"Synchronization of serially connected Spin Torque Oscillators" |
| March 1 |
Patrik Brynolfsson, Laser Physics, KTH |
"Accurate Life Time Measurements using Confocal Microscopy" |
| Feb 15 |
Min Qiu, Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics, KTH |
"Optical metamaterials for photonic integration" |
| Feb 1 |
Anders Holmberg, Biomedical & X-Ray Physics , KTH |
"Nanofabrication of soft x-ray optics" |
| Jan 25 |
Ulf Ekenberg, School of Information and Communication Technology, KTH |
"Using relativity to improve electronic devices: Ways to enhance the Rashba effect" |
Seminars 2006
