Events
Workshop on Laser Driven Nuclear Physics
Date: 2009/12/04 | Edited: 2009.12.04
On the 8th of December 2009 will be held in the ENSTA Conference Room a Workshop dedicated to Laser Driven Nuclear Physics.
The workshop will start 9h30 and last till 18h00.
The location is:
Conference Room
ENSTA-ILE
Chemin de la Huniere
91128 Palaiseau
Participants are welcome, free registration is done at arrival.
Science Festival 2009
Date: 2009/11/17 | Edited: 2009.11.17
In the framework of the French Science Festival (Fete de la Science) held on November 20-21 in Palaiseau, an Open House day is organized by ENSTA Paristech, in collaboration with the laboratories ILE/ELI, LOA, UME and UMA.
On the 20th of November the exhibition is dedicated to high school level students that can learn more about ENSTA Paristech and choose to participate in one of the three experiments in program. On the 21st of November the general public is invited to visit ENSTA Paristech and the exhibition and experimens.
Besides the experiments, there is the opportunity to participate in three workshops about optics dedicated to astronomy. A conference which title is “The private life of the galaxies” will be given by Jérôme Perez in the ENSTA amphitheatre on the 21st November, from 16:00 to 17:30.
For more information :
http://www.fetedelascience.fr/delia-CMS/zoom/article_id-449/la-fete-de-la-science-2009.html
The Researcher’s Night 2009
Date: 2009/09/30 | Edited: 2009.09.24
The Researcher’s Night is an invitation to meet people, to discover science, to exchange information, to share passion and to be surprised, all this by innovative events: researcher present the results of their ideas in a sometimes very creative way.
This event, boosted by the European Commission in 2005 is a priviledged opportunity for scientists to speak about their interesting work. During this evening, general public of all ages mixes with researchers to better understand their so peculiar culture: the scientific culture.
In Europe, more than 150 events will be held next September, Friday, 25th, 2009.
In France, this festival will take place in 20 towns. ELI will be part of this European event in the Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France. For more information, see www.nuitdeschercheurs-idf.fr
Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optics (UFNO'2009)
Date: 2009/09/14 @ Burgas, Bulgaria | Edited: 2009.02.06
UFNO 2009 is an international conference that covers the latest developments and advances in the fields of ultrafast lasers and spectroscopy, nonlinear phenomena and applications, extreme nonlinear optics and attosecond science. The deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2009. Applicants will be notified on abstract acceptance by email no later than June 15, 2009. To receive further announcements please send us your e-mail and name by replying to Contact link. Conference flyer.
Optical Society of America rewards Gérard Mourou
Date: 2009/06/02 | Edited: 2009.06.02
Gérard Mourou, coordinator of the Extreme Light Infrastructure and director of the Institut de la Lumière extrème (ILE), has received the 2009 Charles Hard Townes Award of the Optical Society of America (OSA). This Prize rewards his contribution to the field of Quantum Electronics.
Professor Mourou is honoured for his innovative applications of high intensity lasers, from accurate micro-machining and ophthalmological surgery to the relativistic radiation-matter interactions. He received this Prize on June, 3rd in Baltimore, USA.
Professor Solomon Saltiel passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 7, 2009
Date: 2009/05/08 | Edited: 2009.05.26
Professor Solomon Saltiel, was one of the most important scientists in the field of Nonlinear Optics being taught at the Moscow State University under one of the founders of Nonlinear Optics. Professor S. A. Akhmanov.
His work was vast and dealt with laser nonlinear interaction with bulk, surface and gases. It resulted in important practical applications like a method for temporal pulse cleaning of ultrahigh intensity pulses. The method is known in our jargon as XPW. This device is being installed on all the high intensity lasers in the world.
Professor Saltiel for us was one of the pillars of the Extreme Light Infrastructure project. He was the head of the Bulgarian team. Because of his human quality and very stable personality it has been the chair of the ELI Site choice committee in charge of selecting the country and the location for the Extreme Light Infrastructure. With Sandro De Silvestri they spent a lot of their energy dealing with this delicate task.
To all of us Solomon was an outstanding scientist and the friend of all of us. I don’t know one person in the all ELI consortium who had not a profound admiration for his gentle manners and human qualities and respect for his scientific accomplishments.
His contribution towards ELI will be commemorated during the LEI International conference at Brashaw Romania this October. A special session will be devoted to his work. The LEI conference and proceedings will be dedicated to our outstanding friend physicist and human being, that we all are going to miss: Solomon Saltiel.
Gérard Mourou
ELI Coordinator
ELI Grand Challenges Event in Paris
Date: 2009/04/03 | Edited: 2009.04.03
In the course of the next decade, the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) should be built by the European Community in one of their countries. ELI will house an exawatt class laser, the most powerful laser ever built, providing the highest intensities. Members of the participating countries and associated colleagues will meet for two days and ponder over the Grand Scientific Challenges that this exceptional infrastructure can undertake in research in fundamental physics, attosecond physics, photonuclear physics, and particle acceleration. Some societal applications will also be studied.
Key topics:
- Laser acceleration: Towards 100 GeV
- Investigation of Vacuum Structure: Towards Schwinger Fields
- Attosecond Science: Coherent x-rays going beyond 1-10 keV
- Photonuclear Physics: Explore nuclei with photons
WP2 & 3 & 5 meeting
Date: 2009/01/23 @ Garching, Germany | Edited: 2009.01.24
The workpackages 2,3 and 5 (Legal, Governance and Finance) met in Garching on January 22-23, 2009 in order to discuss and consolidate deliverables.
WP8 and 9 (Communication) general meeting
Date: 2009/01/21 @ Garching, Germany | Edited: 2009.01.24
All participants of the WP8 and WP9 have meet on January 21, 2009, in Garching, in order to consolidate the communication strategy of ELI.
ELI selected for the European City of Science in Le Grand Palais
Date: 2008/11/14 @ Paris, France | Edited: 2008.08.26
Within the French Presidency of the EU, the French Government organizes "The European City of Science in Le Grand Palais (ECS)". The aim of this event is to popularize science, its importance – including its societal impact - towards the general public. ELI was selected among more than 200 participating projects and is now part of the "City of Science", an imaginary town inside the Grand Palais.
Our ELI-LERE/ELI-ELER (*) project consists in a three-room apartment and a garden: In the apartment, the three rooms respectively give an instantaneous image of the daily life occuring in the past, the present and the future. Each room will show the importance and impact of lasers in the considered timeframe. In the garden, visitors can play with interactive games related to lasers.
The ECS team is constituted by Annemarie Dujardin, Patrizio Antici and Alexandra Chartrain (Ecole Polytechnique).
(*) La Lumiere Extreme pour la Recherche Extrême / Extreme Light for Extreme Research
