A day for ultrafast microscopy

This single-day science and networking event will unite researchers across physics, chemistry, materials science and medicine to explore how ultrafast microscopy is transforming our ability to image and trace events in both space and time.

From quantum tunnelling at the atomic scale and real-space imaging of meta-atoms, to super-resolution imaging of cellular systems, talks will highlight advances across a range of scientific frontiers.The event will also serve to seed ideas for a new interdisciplinary UK network in ultrafast microscopy as well as to look for new opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-institution research. A dedicated poster session for early-career researchers (ECRs) will provide a platform for emerging voices to share their work and connect with the wider community in the UK.

We will not charge for the event, but to get an idea of numbers please sign up using the registration button above (especially if you would like to present a poster!), before 10th July.

Invited Speakers and Panellists:

• Markus Huber (University of Regensburg)
• Oleg Mitrofanov (University College London)
• Michael Johnston (University of Oxford)
• Rebecca Milot (University of Warwick)
• Giovanni Costantini (University of Birmingham)
• Kristina Rusimova (University of Bath)
• Emma Willett (University of Birmingham)
• Phillip Moriarty (University of Nottingham) 
• Bonnie O'Malley (Linköping University)
• Charlotte Sanders (Central Laser Facility) 
• Christan Brahms (Heriot-Watt University)
• Ashley Lyons (University of Glasgow)

The day is organised by the Metamaterials and Nanophotonics Group and supported by the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham, the UK Metamaterials Network+ and Toptica Photonics.

Draft Agenda 

9:30: Check-in & coffee.

Morning session chair: Lucy Hale (ETH)

10:00: Talk (40+5 min) – Markus Huber “Tracing electron motion down to the atomic scale using ultrafast nanoscopy” (University of Regensburg).

10:45: Talk (25+5 min) – Rebecca Milot “Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Thin Films and Nanomaterials” (University of Warwick).

11:15: Panel discussion (30 min): Perspective on ultrafast microscopy. Oleg Mitrofanov (UCL), Michael Johnston (University of Oxford), Kristina Rusimova (University of Bath), Miguel Navarro-Cia (University of Birmingham).

11:45: Coffee Break.

12:00: Talk: (25 + 5 min) – Giovanni Costantini “High-resolution molecular microscopy as a transformative analytical approach” (University of Birmingham).

12:30: Talk: (25 + 5 min) – Charlotte Sanders “CLF Artemis:  Tabletop XUV Laser Systems for the Ultrafast User Community” (Central Laser Facility).

13:00: Lunch break & Lab Tours.

Afternoon session chair: Oleg Mitrofanov (UCL)

14:15: Panel discussion (30 min) – ultrafast engagement, can we do better? Emma Willett (University of Birmingham), Phillip Moriarty (University of Nottingham), Bonnie O’Malley (Linköping University).

14:45 Talk: (25 + 5 min) – Christian Brahms “Creating advanced ultrafast light sources with nonlinear optical dynamics in hollow-core fibres” (Heriot-Watt University).

15:15: Talk: (25 + 5 min) – Ashley Lyons “Quantum Approaches to Fluorescence Lifetime Sensing” (University of Glasgow).

15:45: Talk (25 + 5 min) – Kristina Rusimova “Measuring and controlling the femtosecond dynamics of single molecule reactions with a scanning tunnelling microscope” (University of Bath).

16:15~18:15: Poster session & networking.

Poster list 

Lucy Hale “Multi-Mode Light Matter Deep Strong Coupling and Decoupling” (ETH Zurich)

Lizzie Evans “S=1/2 kagome magnets in the two-dimensional limit” (University of Birmingham)

Ishita Jena “Quantum Dynamics in Coupled Plasmonic Nanocavities” (University of Birmingham)

Akito Miyama  Label-Free Detection of α-Synuclein Aggregates Using Gold Nanoparticle Dimers (University of Birmingham)

Eric Lundgren “Shining Light on Single Molecule Dynamics: One Photon At A Time” (University of Bath)

Sarah Norman “Resonance-Amplified Terahertz Near-Field Spectroscopy of Individual InAs Nanowires” (UCL)

Jack Woolley “Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy” (University of Warwick)

Angus Crookes “Collective multi-mode strong coupling in plasmonic nanocavities” (University of Birmingham)

Luke Hands “Causality in the Second Quantisation of Open Nanophotonic Systems” (University of Birmingham)

Paola Mantegazza “Direct visualisation of conjugated polymers using ESD-STM” (University of Birmingham)

Samuel Prescott “Enhancing Single Photon Emission of Quantum Dots using Metasurfaces” (UCL)

Jakub Skorka “Quantisation of Electromagnetic Fields for Dispersive Resonators” (University of Birmingham)

Anju Sajan “Mid infrared Raman thermometry for efficient detection” (University of Birmingham)

Zoltan Sztranyovszky “High index tuneable metamaterials with extreme field enhancement” (University of Birmingham)

Pieter Keenan “Loading the quantum dice - Measuring competing outcomes in a single molecule reaction” (University of Birmingham)

Joel Cornelio “Unraveling Energy Transfer Dynamics and Exciton Diffusion in Multicomponent Metal–Organic Frameworks” (University of Birmingham)

Bosheng Li “A Two-dimensional Supramolecular Framework Created by Cooperative Self-assembly” (University of Birmingham)

Daniel Chambers-Sims “Nanomaterial Early-Stage Cancer Detector” (University of Birmingham)

Yazhou Xu "Ultrafast Plasmon Dynamics of Gold Nanoparticles in Porous Silicon" (University of Birmingham)

Eleanor Gaggs "Continuously tuneable optical properties of antimony trisulphide" (University of Birmingham)