Seminar: “Cubic nonlinearity of organic molecules: the properties and methodologies”, Kenji Kamada

Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CREOL 102

Kenji Kamada
AIST, Osaka

Abstract:
Overview of the real and imaginary parts of the cubic nonlinear optical responses of organic molecular systems will be presented.  First, decomposition of the OHD-OKE response of organic liquids into the instantaneous and causal components and the relation to the electronic and nuclear nonlinearity is discussed with the time evolution of the response with different pulse durations.  Second, two-photon absorption properties of several organic molecules measured by the Z-scan method and some technical issues related the effects of induced Raman scattering and optical-intensity distribution along Z-axis etc. are discussed.
For More information, Contact David Hagan at: hagan@creol.ucf.edu

Biography:
Present Position: Senior Research Scientist, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST Kansai Center located in Osaka.
Master of Engineering in Chemistry (Ultrafast spectroscopy) from Osaka University (1988).
Ph. D in Applied Physics from Osaka University (1997).
Industrial experience (1988–1991)
Researcher in an ERATO Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (1991–1993)
Researcher, National Research Institute at Osaka (ONRI) (1993–1995) 
Senior Research Scientist, ONRI (reorganized into AIST since 2001) (1995–present)
Invited positions:
Invited professor, Graduate School of Science / Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan (2006/2007–present)
Invited professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan (2009–present)
Invited professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France (2011–2012)

For More Information:
David Hagan
Hagan@creol.ucf.edu

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