Monday July 7, 2003
    H. Joseph Newton, Texas A&M University, Welcoming Remarks
    A. E. Siegman, Stanford University, "Tutorial on Nonnormal Modes and Quantum Noise in Lasers"
                                                               [pdf 0.44MB]
    Linda Reichl, University of Texas, "Phase Space Tunneling in Atomic Systems"
    Kyungsun Na, University of Texas, "Wavepacket approach to the suppression of quantum tunneling"
    Raymond Ooi, Texas A&M University, "Laser cooling of molecules by zero velocity selection,
                                                                   coherent deceleration and single spontaneous emission"
    Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona, "Tutorial introduction to fermionic atom optics"
    Wendell T. Hill, III, University of Maryland, "Strong Field Imaging of Molecular Dynamics"
                                                                                                  [pdf, 1.29MB] [ppt, 1.64MB]
    Kishore T. Kapale, Texas A&M University, "Novel approach to molecular physics:
                                                                           two-center molecular-orbitals"
    Roland Allen, Texas A&M University, "Chemical systems and femtosecond-scale laser pulses"
    Yusheng Dou, Texas A&M University, "Interplay of electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom
                                                                   in photochemical reactions"
 

Wednesday July 9, 2003
   Steve Harris, Stanford University, "Quasi-Periodic Raman Technique (Tutorial)"
    Weng Chow, Sandia, "Quantum coherence phenomena in semiconductor quantum dots"
    Hans Frauenfelder, LANL, "Tutorial on Biological Physics"
    Zhisong Wang, Texas A&M University, "Monitor single protein molecules using fluorescence
                                                                    resonance energy transfer"
    Aleks Rebane, Montana State University, "Resonance enhancement of femtosecond two-photon
    Zhisong Wang, Texas A&M University, "Monitor single protein molecules using fluorescence
                                                                    processes in organic molecules
 

Thursday Morning July 10, 2003
   George L. McLendon, Princeton University, "Life, Death, Mitchondrial Proteins and The Suicide Hotline"
    Toni Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Coherent control of Raman Fingerprint Spectrum
                                                                                via Single-Pulse CARS" [ppt 8.25MB]
    Manjusha Mehendale, Princeton University, "Towards FAST CARS: the DPA (Dipicolinic Acid) CARS Signal"
    John Reintjes, Naval Research Laboratory, "Towards a FAST-CARS anthrax detector: CARS
                                                                          generation in a DPA surrogate molecule"
    Robert Lucht, Purdue University, "Selective, Sensitive Detection of Nitric Oxide and Dipicolinic Acid
                                                           Using Coherent Raman Techniques" [ppt 6.04MB]
    Tomas Opatrny, Texas A&M University,
    Gennady P. Berman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Modeling a single-spin detection using
                                                                                             magnetic resonance force microscopy"
    Alexey Belyanin, Texas A&M University, "Giant resonant optical nonlinearities in quantum-well
                                                                       semiconductor lasers"
    Gordon Chen, Texas A&M University, "Basis Functions for Quantum Molecular Orbitals, a
                                                                   Mathematical Perspective"
    Francisco Castillo-Aranguren, Instituto de Tecnologie de Monterrey, Mexico,
                                                                  "Mathematical Problems in the Study of H2+"