A mini-symposium on ultrafast laser spectroscopy last week brought together the ultrafast laser spectroscopy community in Australia and New Zealand, showcasing local ultrafast laser spectroscopy research and capabilities.
Exciton Science and FLEET co-sponsored the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Mini-Symposium at Swinburne, which saw 45 researchers attending from 12 different unis/orgs.
At FLEET, ultrafast spectroscopy is used to help understand the microscopic interactions in 2D materials and how they lead to the macroscopic behaviour. Similar approaches are also being developed and used to control the interactions and ultimately the macroscopic behaviour.
“It’s great when ARC Centres of Excellence work closely together like this,” said co-organiser Jeff Davis. “The cross-fertilisation leads to new ideas and by bringing together the ultrafast spectroscopy community from across the region more broadly, new opportunities for collaborations emerge, to the benefit of all.”
The workshop included a talk from Princeton University’s Greg Scholes, as well as:
- Kyra Schwarz & Ben Xinzi Zhang (Princeton University)
- Egle Bukarte (Zigmantas group, Lund University, Sweden)
- Justin Hodgkiss & Kai Chen (MacDiarmid Institute/Victoria University of Wellington, NZ)
- Agustin Schifrin (Monash University)
- Yasuhiro Tachibana (RMIT)
- Jeff Davis & Xiaoming Wen (Swinburne University of Technology)
- Ron Steer (University of Saskatoon, Canada)
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At FLEET, Jeff Davis applies various ultrafast techniques to probe and control
various 2D materials.Tak Kee (University of Adelaide)
- Chris Hall, James Hutchison & Trevor Smith (University of Melbourne)
- Paul Shaw (University of Queensland)
- Paul Low (University of Western Australia)
FLEET and the Exciton Science Centre have previously collaborated on research, training, and outreach events.