LPHYS'.
Annual International Laser Physics Workshops

LPHYS'10

19th INTERNATIONAL LASER PHYSICS WORKSHOP.
(Foz do Iguaçu, July 5-9, 2010)

ORGANIZERS:

• A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
• Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
• The international journal Laser Physics
• The international journal Laser Physics Letters
• International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

SPONSORS:

• Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Moscow, Russia
• Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
• International Laser Center of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Astro Ltd., Little Rock, AR, USA
• São Paulo Research Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
• National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil
• Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil

CHAIRMEN:

• Vanderlei S. Bagnato (Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Pavel P. Pashinin (A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)

STEERING COMMITTEE:

• Jens Biegert (Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain)
• Dusan Chorvat (International Laser Center, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
• Joseph H. Eberly (University of Rochester, Rochester, USA)
• Mikhail V. Fedorov (Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• Sergey A. Gonchukov (Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• Guenter Huber (Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany)
• Sergei P. Kulik (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)
• Hans G. Limberger (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Vladimir A. Makarov (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)
• Markus Pollnau (University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands)
• Kirill A. Prokhorov (Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• Wolfgang Sandner (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany)
• Toshi Tajima (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan)
• Valery M. Yermachenko (Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• Vyacheslav I. Yukalov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia)
• Aleksey M. Zheltikov (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)

ADVISORY & PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

• P. Agostini (Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA)
• S.N. Bagayev (Institute of Laser Physics, RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia)
• W. Becker (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany)
• S.L. Chin (Laval University, Quebec, Canada)
• S. De Silvestri (Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy)
• E.M. Dianov (Fiber Optics Research Center, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• M. Dubinskii (US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA)
• C. Fotakis (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece)
• M.D. Girardeau (University of Arizona, Tucson, USA)
• M. Jelinek (Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (F.X. Kärtner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA)
• Y. Kato (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan)
• O. Kocharovskaya (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
• V.I. Konov (A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• O.G. Kosareva (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)
• N. Kroo (Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, HAS, Budapest, Hungary)
• A.S. Kurkov (A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• J. Lademann (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)
• L. Longo (Siena University, Institute Laser Medicine, Firenze, Italy)
• D. Mathur (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India)
• G.A. Mesyats (Vice-President of RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• V.B. Morozov (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)
• S.A. Nikitov (Radioengineering and Electronics Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• V.Ya. Panchenko (Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, RAS, Shatura, Moscow Region, Russia)
• J. Peatross (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA)
• K. Petermann (Humburg University, Hamburg, Germany)
• G. Petite (CEA/DSM/DRECAM, Saclay, France)
• L.P. Pitaevskii (University of Trento, Trento, Italy)
• P.M. Saari (Tartu Institute of Physics, Tartu, Estonia)
• R.-P. Salathé (EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
• V.V. Samartsev (Kazan Physics Technical Institute, RAS, Kazan, Russia)
• V.M. Shalaev (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA)
• I.A. Shcherbakov (A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
• D.P. Shepherd (University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
• G.V. Shlyapnikov (LPTMS, Orsay, France)
• O. Svelto (Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy)
• E.A. Vinogradov (Institute of Spectroscopy, RAS, Troitsk, Russia)
• P.L. Voss (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• K. Ueda (University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan)
• I.A. Walmsley (Oxford University, Oxford, UK)
• E. Wintner (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria)
• E. Zaremba (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)
• N.V. Znamensky (Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

• Cid B. de Araujo (Federal University of Pernambuco)
• Tomas Catunda (University of São Paulo)
• Philippe Courteille (University of São Paulo)
• Flavio Cruz (State University of Campinas)
• Luis Davidovich (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
• Nilson Dias (Energy Research Institute, São Paulo)
• Hugo Fragnito (State University of Campinas)
• Anderson S. L. Gomes (University Federal of Pernambuco)
• Cristina Kurachi (University of São Paulo)
• Daniel Magalhaes (Engineering School of São Carlos)
• Cleber R. Mendonca (University of São Paulo)
• Paulo A. Nussenzveig (University of São Paulo)
• Sebastiao Padua (Federal University of Minas Geraris)
• Denise Zezell (Energy Research Institute, São Paulo)

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

• Mark Dubinskii (USA) "Solid-State Lasers: 50 Years of Power Scaling and Latest Advances in Scaling Technology"
• Randall G. Hulet (USA) "Pairing and Phase Separation in an Ultracold Atomic Fermi Gas: BEC/BCS Crossover and More"
• Gershon Kurizki (Israel) "New Frontiers of Quantum Control : Manipulating System-Bath Entanglement"
• Vladimir M. Shalaev (USA) "Transformation Optics with Metamaterials"
• David J. Wineland (USA) "Quantum Information Processing and Metrology with Trapped Ions"

SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS:

• Seminar 1: Modern Trends in Laser Physics Co-Chairs: Olga Kocharovskaya (USA) and Kirill A. Prokhorov (Russia)
• Seminar 2: Strong Field & Attosecond Physics Co-Chairs: Wilhelm Becker (Germany), Jens Biegert (Spain), Mikhail V. Fedorov (Russia), and Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria (UK)
• Seminar 3: Biophotonics Co-Chairs: Vanderlei S. Bagnato (Brazil), Sergey A. Gonchukov (Russia), and Jürgen Lademann (Germany)
• Seminar 4: Physics of Lasers Co-Chairs: Miguel Orszag (Chile), Markus Pollnau (The Netherlands), Ivan A. Shcherbakov (Russia), and Thomas Südmeyer (Switzerland)
• Seminar 5: Nonlinear Optics & Spectroscopy Co-Chairs: See Leang Chin (Canada), Anderson S. L. Gomes (Brazil), Yuri Kivshar (Australia), and Vladimir A. Makarov (Russia)
• Seminar 6: Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms Co-Chairs: Sadhan K. Adhikari (Brazil), Lev P. Pitaevskii (Italy), Vyacheslav I. Yukalov (Russia), and Eugene Zaremba (Canada)
• Seminar 7: Quantum Information Science Co-Chairs: Marco Genovese (Italy), Sergei P. Kulik (Russia), Leong Chuan Kwek (Singapore), and Carlos H. Monken (Brazil)
• Seminar 8: Nanophotonics Co-Chairs: Pavel K. Kashkarov (Russia), Vitali I. Konov (Russia), and Euclydes Marega, Jr. (Brazil)
• Seminar 9: Fiber Lasers Co-Chairs: Evgeni M. Dianov (Russia), Hugo Fragnito (Brazil), and Hans G. Limberger (Switzerland)

SPECIAL SESSION: 50 YEARS OF LASERS:

• Sergey N. Bagayev (Russia) ""
• Thomas M. Baer (USA) "The Laser Past, Present, and Future: A Transformative Technology Based on Quantum Mechanics"
• Herch M. Nussenzveig (Brazil) "Laser 50: from Mickey Mouse balloons to Living Cells"

The Proceedings of the Workshop will be published in vol. 21, issues 3 and 5 of the international journal Laser Physics, 2011.