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International Workshop on Singularities and Topological Structures of Light | (smr 2467)
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  • Monday, 8 July 2013
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Registration 
      After you have Registered: Administrative Formalities (daily living allowances/travel reimbursements, bank transactions, etc.) at the E. Fermi Building - just above the Leonardo Da Vinci Bldg.
- Meal coupons: balance will be issued by the Guesthouse Receptions one day after the on-line registration is completed according to the following timetables:
GALILEO Guesthouse: Tuesday to Friday 10.00-12.00 & 13.00-15.00
ADRIATICO Guesthouse: Tuesday To Friday 13.00-15.00
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 09:00 Registration 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Opening session
      • 10:00 Opening session 30'
        Speaker: Profs. E.Karimi* & J. Niemela** (*University of Ottawa, **ICTP)
    • 10:30 - 11:15 Orbital Angular Momentum, light'a twist
      • 10:30 Orbital Angular Momentum, light'a twist 45'
        Speaker: Miles Padgett (University of Glasgow & OSA Committee Member)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:15 - 11:35 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 11:15 Coffee Break 20'
    • 11:35 - 12:20 Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum Separation for Light Beams and spin-orbit coupling
      • 11:35 Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum Separation for Light Beams and spin-orbit coupling 45'
        Speaker: Andrea Aiello (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:20 - 12:40 Singular-optical coloring of regularly scattered white light
      • 12:20 Singular-optical coloring of regularly scattered white light 20'
        Speaker: Andrey Nehrych (Chernivtsi National University)
    • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:40 Lunch 1h50'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 The singularities of light: intensity, phase, polarization,
      • 14:30 The singularities of light: intensity, phase, polarization, 1h0'
        Speaker: Sir Michael Berry (University of Bristol)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Encoding Information with Vector Vortex Beams
      • 15:30 Encoding Information with Vector Vortex Beams 20'
        Speaker: Giovanni Milione (City University and College of New York)
    • 15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break & GROUP PICTURE (terrace Adriatico)
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:50 Coffee Break & GROUP PICTURE (terrace Adriatico) 20'
    • 16:10 - 16:55 Observing optical polarization Moebius strips
      • 16:10 Observing optical polarization Moebius strips 45'
        Speaker: Peter Banzer (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen)
    • 16:55 - 17:30 Poster Flash Talks - Short presentation: The talk must be maximum 3 pages and the maximum time of presenting is 2 minutes.
      • 16:55 Poster Flash Talks - Short presentation: The talk must be maximum 3 pages and the maximum time of presenting is 2 minutes. 35'
    • 17:30 - 19:00 Poster session (names in alphabetical order (unless added after the list had already been compiled) with respective titles & abstracts below) 
      Poster board sizes and location at the Adriatico Guesthouse:  
Outside Kastler Lec. Hall (Workshop venue):
- 8 wall-mounted boards, size of each board mts. 1.75 (width) x 1.90 (height) for total 26.60 sq.mts.
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 17:30 Poster session (names in alphabetical order (unless added after the list had already been compiled) with respective titles & abstracts below) 1h30'
  • Tuesday, 9 July 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Extraordinary spin and momentum in evanescent waves
      • 09:00 Extraordinary spin and momentum in evanescent waves 45'
        Speaker: Konstantin Bliokh (Advanced Science Institute RIKEN)
        Material: abstract
    • 09:45 - 10:05 Quantifying phases in homogenous twisted birefringent medium
      • 09:45 Quantifying phases in homogenous twisted birefringent medium 20'
        Speaker: Dipti Banerjee (Vidyasagar College for Women)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:05 - 10:25 The influence of the Poynting vector spatial distribution on controlling the particles of the Rayleigh light scattering mechanism
      • 10:05 The influence of the Poynting vector spatial distribution on controlling the particles of the Rayleigh light scattering mechanism 20'
        Speaker: Claudia Zenkova (Chernivtsy National University)
    • 10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:25 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:45 - 11:30 Topological Reactions in Partially Coherent Electromagnetic Beams
      • 10:45 Topological Reactions in Partially Coherent Electromagnetic Beams 45'
        Speaker: Taco D. Visser (Delft University of Technology)
        Material: abstract
    • 11:30 - 12:15 The Poincare? sphere for optical angular momentum: Variations on a theme
      • 11:30 The Poincare? sphere for optical angular momentum: Variations on a theme 45'
        Speaker: Mark Dennis (University of Bristol)
    • 12:15 - 12:35 TBC
      • 12:15 TBC 20'
        Speaker: Ebrahim Karimi (Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica)
    • 12:35 - 14:30 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:35 Lunch 1h55'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Quantum Aspects of Light Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum
      • 14:30 Quantum Aspects of Light Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum 45'
        Speaker: Robert W. Boyd (University of Rochester & University of Ottawa)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:15 - 15:35 Efficiency of OAM detection by phase-flattening
      • 15:15 Efficiency of OAM detection by phase-flattening 20'
        Speaker: Filippo Miatto (University of Ottawa)
    • 15:35 - 15:55 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:35 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:55 - 16:40 The decay of orbital angular momentum entanglement in atmospheric turbulence
      • 15:55 The decay of orbital angular momentum entanglement in atmospheric turbulence 45'
        Speaker: Filippus Stefanu Roux (CSIR National Laser Centre)
        Material: abstract lecture notes
    • 16:40 - 17:00 Nanoscale control of orbital angular momentum of light
      • 16:40 Nanoscale control of orbital angular momentum of light 20'
        Speaker: Filippo Romanato (Universita' degli Studi di Padova)
    • 17:00 - 17:20 Topology of quantised vortices in disordered fields
      • 17:00 Topology of quantised vortices in disordered fields 20'
        Speaker: Alexander John Taylor (University of Bristol)
    • 20:30 - 23:00 Social dinner
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 20:30 Social dinner 2h30'
  • Wednesday, 10 July 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Seeing small things using superoscillations: mathematical exploration of a possible scheme
      • 09:00 Seeing small things using superoscillations: mathematical exploration of a possible scheme 45'
        Speaker: Sir Michael Berry (University of Bristol)
        Material: abstract
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Navigating the Heavens with Radiation Torque
      • 09:45 Navigating the Heavens with Radiation Torque 45'
        Speaker: Grover Swartzlander (University of Rochester)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Micro-manipulation of multiple particles in vacuum
      • 10:30 Micro-manipulation of multiple particles in vacuum 20'
        Speaker: Sayantan Ghosh (The University of St Andrews)
    • 10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:50 Coffee Break 20'
    • 11:10 - 11:55 Orbital angular momentum from a spin rotation: the optical and electron-beam cases
      • 11:10 Orbital angular momentum from a spin rotation: the optical and electron-beam cases 45'
        Speaker: Lorenzo Marrucci (Universita' di Napoli 'Federico II')
        Material: abstract
    • 11:55 - 12:15 Electron Vortices in a Magnetic Field: Observation of the Larmor and Gouy Rotations
      • 11:55 Electron Vortices in a Magnetic Field: Observation of the Larmor and Gouy Rotations 20'
        Speaker: Giulio Guzzinati (University of Antwerp, EMAT)
    • 12:15 - 12:35 Quantum simulation of a spin polarization device in an electron microscope
      • 12:15 Quantum simulation of a spin polarization device in an electron microscope 20'
        Speaker: Vincenzo Grillo (Instituto Nanoscienze, S3 CNR)
    • 12:35 - 12:55 Quantum information protocols with spin-orbit photonic modes
      • 12:35 Quantum information protocols with spin-orbit photonic modes 20'
        Speaker: Antonio Zelaquett Khoury (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
    • 12:55 - 14:00 Lunch
      Location:
      • 12:55 Lunch 1h5'
    • 14:15 - 16:30 TRIP to the Grotta Gigante (Cave) 
      Departure at 14:15 (sharp) by Coach from Adriatico Guesthouse (area outside at the bottom of the guesthouse near the sea)
Arrival at Grotta Gigante at approx. 14:45
Departure from the Grotta at approx. 16:30 to the Adriatico.
      • 14:15 TRIP to the Grotta Gigante (Cave) 2h15'
  • Thursday, 11 July 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Quantum Fluids of Polariton Condensates
      • 09:00 Quantum Fluids of Polariton Condensates 45'
        Speaker: Daniele Sanvitto (University of Salento, NNL)
        Material: abstract
    • 09:45 - 10:05 Scattering of dilute thermal atom clouds on optical Weber beams
      • 09:45 Scattering of dilute thermal atom clouds on optical Weber beams 20'
        Speaker: Rocio Jauregui (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
    • 10:05 - 10:25 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:05 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:25 - 11:10 Angular momentum of light and atoms
      • 10:25 Angular momentum of light and atoms 45'
        Speaker: Sonja Franke-Arnold (University of Glasgow)
        Material: abstract
    • 11:10 - 11:30 Optical tweezers for vortex rings in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
      • 11:10 Optical tweezers for vortex rings in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates 20'
        Speaker: Alexander Yakimenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
    • 11:30 - 11:50 Atomic Excitation by Twisted Photons
      • 11:30 Atomic Excitation by Twisted Photons 20'
        Speaker: Asmita Mukherjee (Universitaet Tuebingen)
    • 11:50 - 12:35 Vectorial modes in continuous variable quantum optics
      • 11:50 Vectorial modes in continuous variable quantum optics 45'
        Speaker: Christoph Marquardt (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light)
    • 12:35 - 14:05 Lunch
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 12:35 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:05 - 14:50 Liquid crystal topological plates for photon SAM and OAM entanglement
      • 14:05 Liquid crystal topological plates for photon SAM and OAM entanglement 45'
        Speaker: Enrico Santamato (Universita' di Napoli 'Federico II')
        Material: abstract
    • 14:50 - 15:20 Spiral photolithography of azopolymers
      • 14:50 Spiral photolithography of azopolymers 30'
        Speaker: Lorenzo Marrucci
        Material: abstract
    • 15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:40 - 16:25 The photonics gear: from alignment free quantum communication to super-sensitive quantum correlations
      • 15:40 The photonics gear: from alignment free quantum communication to super-sensitive quantum correlations 45'
        Speaker: Nicolo' Spagnolo (Universita' degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza')
    • 16:45 - 17:30 Superoscillations and Weak Measurements 
      ALL ATTENDEES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AS PART OF THIS WORKSHOP
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Main Lecture Hall
      • 16:45 Superoscillations and Weak Measurements 45'
        Speaker: Sir Michael Berry (ICTP Dirac Medallist) (Univ. of Bristol)
    • 19:30 - 23:00 Special Summer evening at ICTP's Leonardo building
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building Terrace
  • Friday, 12 July 2013
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Reflections on reflected light beams: classical weak values and singularimetry
      • 09:00 Reflections on reflected light beams: classical weak values and singularimetry 45'
        Speaker: Mark Dennis
    • 09:45 - 10:30 The duality relationship in the presence of post-selection
      • 09:45 The duality relationship in the presence of post-selection 45'
        Speaker: Jonathan Leach (Heriot Watt University)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 11:35 Helicity and Angular Momentum in Nanophotonics
      • 10:50 Helicity and Angular Momentum in Nanophotonics 45'
        Speaker: Gabriel Molina-Terriza (Macquarie University)
        Material: abstract
    • 11:35 - 11:55 Wavefront distortions and singularities measurement using moiré deflectometry
      • 11:35 Wavefront distortions and singularities measurement using moiré deflectometry 20'
        Speaker: Saifollah Rasouli (Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences(IASBS), Iran)
    • 11:55 - 12:25 Imaging Ghosts with structured light
      • 11:55 Imaging Ghosts with structured light 30'
        Speaker: Miles Padgett
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:25 - 12:45 Closing session and awards
      • 12:25 Closing session and awards 20'
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