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August 1999 Newsletter
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Chair’s Message August, 1999
By now I hope that most of you have seen, by email, the exceptional
slate of candidates for offices in the DLS. Please, IMMEDIATELY turn
to the ballot in this newsletter and select your choices for the colleagues
who will represent and serve us in the coming year. This year's ballot
is particularly important because we will be choosing both a new Secretary-Treasurer
and a new representative to APS Council. Win Smith and Dan Grischkowsky,
respectively, have held these positions, and we owe them a great debt
of gratitude for their service to the Division. These are positions of
great responsibility, extending over several years, and we have been
fortunate to have such good people to fill them. Those elected to these
positions, as well as Vice Chair and Council members will, along with
those elected in previous years, have the responsibility of leading a
vigorous DLS into the year 2000.
Please take note of the announcement of the annual DLS meeting, which
will be held jointly with the OSA annual meeting at the end of September.
A significant event of this meeting will be a special session, on Sunday
26 September 1999, in honor of Art Schawlow, who passed away earlier
this year. Several of Art's friends and colleagues will share personal
and scientific remembrances of him.
If you can, plan to attend this session and the reception and dinner
associated with it.
The ILS is the highlight of our DLS year, and Lewis Rothberg (conference
chair) and Margaret Murnane (program chair) have planned an exciting
meeting. Visit the conference web site by going to www.osa.org/mtg_conf/annual/
and clicking on ILS-XV.
Your Division of Laser Science continues to be a strong and vital force
for the promotion of laser science. Our programs of travel support for
students attending conferences, for student summer research, for the
Distinguished Traveling Lecturers, the Schawlow Prize and other activities
are made possible by the hard work of the membership and our strong financial
condition. We are always looking for more effective ways to serve the
laser science community, and the leadership of the DLS welcomes your
suggestions. For a complete description of the programs available thanks
to DLS, visit our web page at www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/dls.cfm,
or follow www.aps.org to "Divisions" and "Laser Science". I hope that
during the coming year you will consider nominating your students and
your colleagues for the programs and honors of our Division. And as always,
encourage your colleagues in laser science who are not members of DLS
to join and begin to enjoy the benefits of our programs as well as the
opportunity to extend their influence in their chosen field.
William D. Phillips
DLS AT THE APS CENTENNIAL MEETING
The DLS, a relatively new division of APS, participated very actively
in the well-attended APS Centennial Meeting in Atlanta, last March 20-26.
In addition to sponsoring a regular technical session and individual
participation in numerous technical sessions, the DLS arranged two special
Centennial Symposia and a special booth and Exhibit on Laser Science
with the help of a committee consisting of Bob Boyd, Bill Phillips and
Win Smith. DLS co-sponsored with DAMOP a Centennial Symposium on "The
Impact of the Laser on Contemporary Physics" featuring Charles Townes,
Nicolaas Bloembergen, James Gordon, Bill Phillips and Margaret Murnane
as speakers. A second DLS-sponsored Centennial Symposium on "Applications
of Lasers and New Physics", included speakers Steven Chu, James Fujimoto,
Wayne Knox, Kent R. Wilson and Anton Zeilinger. The DLS Booth consisted
of three parts: a giant prototype Pockels cell as part of an exhibit
on the planned National Ignition Facility at Livermore (coordinated by
Rick Freeman and Bill Hogan of LLNL); a make-your-own-hologram exhibit
and working darkroom (coordinated by Bob Boyd and Ian Walmsley of the
University of Rochester); and an exhibit on laser history, use in communications
and in biological research, featuring a working two-photon confocal microscope
with a living biological specimen (coordinated by Dick Slusher of Lucent
Technologies' Bell Laboratories).
ILS-XV
The 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Laser Science Meeting (ILS-XV) will
be held in Santa Clara, CA on September 26 - October 1, 1999. The 1999
Meeting, which is run jointly with the OSA Annual Meeting, will bring
together an exciting multidisciplinary group of scientists to discuss
new work in the rapidly moving fields of laser science and applications.
Further information about ILS '99 can be obtained at http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/.
Please note the recently organized Arthur Schawlow Memorial events listed
below.
Arthur Schawlow Memorial at ILS-XV
The following events have been scheduled for Sunday, September 26 1999
at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Arthur Schawlow Memorial Reception
6:15-7:00 PM in the Great America Ballroom Lobby
Schawlow Memorial Session
7-8 PM Great America Ballroom
Friends of Professor Schawlow, including Professors Charles Townes,
Steve Chu, Boris Stoicheff, and Ted Haensch will speak about his early
contributions to optical science, his later work, his contributions as
a teacher, as well as his public face, humor, and interviews.
DLS/OSA Schawlow Memorial Dinner
8 PM Santa Clara Ballroom
Tickets for the dinner are required ($20/person). These should preferably
be purchased in advance. See the Special Events Registration Form for
ILS, now available at<www.osa.org/>. It's quite possible the tickets
will be sold out early, so pre-registration is strongly recommended.
(Note that the Schawlow dinner replaces the ILS banquet this year.)
STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
The DLS is pleased to continue its program to support student travel
to DLS-sponsored meetings. A limited number of grants for travel and
living expenses, up to $700, are available to graduate students who are
DLS members and who are authors or co-authors on an oral or poster paper
at the ILS and QELS/CLEO meetings. Complete details can be found on the
DLS website.
1998 APS FELLOWS
Along with those listed in the March 1999 newsletter, these DLS members
were also named as APS Fellows in 1998. Congratulations to all of our
DLS colleagues who were honored this year!
Ronald W. P. Drever, California Institute of Technology
For his fundamental experiment to test the isotropy of space and
for his pioneering contributions to laser interferometry as a tool
for gravitational-wave detection.
Phillipe M. Fauchet, University of Rochester
For experimental contributions to understanding properties of porous
silicon.
Arjun Yodh, University of Pennsylvania
For contributions to the use of diffusing light fields in studies
of the structural, dynamical, and spectroscopic properties of highly
scattering materials.
DISTINGUISHED TRAVELING LECTURER PROGRAM IN LASER SCIENCE
The Distinguished Traveling Lecturer (DTL) program provides funds to
send outstanding scientists and communicators in the areas covered by
DLS to visit predominantly undergraduate colleges and universities. Visits
are for two days and generally include lectures and informal meetings
with students and faculty. Details about the program and the application
procedure can be found at the DLS web site at http://www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/p_dtl.cfm. Applications
for Spring 2000 are due October 15, 1999.
The DTLs for the 1999-2000 Academic Year are:
- Lee W. Casperson, Portland State University, Lasers and Optical
Systems
- Jim Kafka, Spectra Physics, Laser Development
- Wolfgang Ketterle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Atom
Cooling and Trapping
- Mara Prentiss, Harvard University, Atom Optics
- Carlos Stroud, University of Rochester, Wavepackets
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN LASER SCIENCE
Six students received 1999 summer research support through the DLS Undergraduate
Research in Laser Science Program. The students and their research advisors
are listed below.) Congratulations!
Student Advisor
Kevin P. Burke Prof. Jeffrey A. Bartz, Kalamazoo College
Sean Collins Prof. Laurie J. Butler, University of Chicago
Joshua Davis Prof. George Watson, University of Delaware
Joseph Gannon Prof. Stephanie Schaertel, Grand Valley State University
Nick Roland Prof. Gubbi Sudhakaran University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Sarah Smolinski Prof. Stephanie Schaertel, Grand Valley State University
CALENDAR
ILS-XV, co-located with OSA '99 Annual meeting, September
26 - October 1. 1999, Santa Clara, CA. http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/
and http://www.aps.org (` Divisions ` DLS)
8th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes
(ICOMP), October 3-11, 1999, Monterey, CA. http://www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~icomp8/icomp.cfm
CLEO/QELS 2000, May 7-12, 2000, San Francisco, CA. http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/
DAMOP 2000, 31st meeting of the Division of Atomic,
Molecular and Optical Physics, June 14-17, 2000, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT. http://www.aps.org
Keep up on the Division of Laser Science on the DLS home page at
http://www.physics.wm.edu/~cooke/dls/dls.cfm or via the APS home page
(click on Division) at: http://www.aps.org
CANDIDATES FOR DLS OFFICES
VICE CHAIR
Roger Falcone, Professor and Chair, Physics Department, University
of California, Berkeley (faculty since 1983); Marvin Chodorow Fellow,
Applied Physics Department, Stanford University (1980-83); Ph.D. (Electrical
Engineering) Stanford University (1979); A.B. (Physics) Princeton University
(1974)
Research Interests: Interactions of intense and ultrashort laser
pulses with matter; applications of lasers in atomic, plasma, and condensed
matter physics; time-resolved x-ray scattering from materials undergoing
dynamical changes.
Professional Activities: General Co-Chair, QELS Conference (1999);
Physics Advisory Committee, LLNL (1995-present); Consultant for LLNL
(1985-present); Chair of the Science Advisory Committee, Lawrence Hall
of Science (1996-present); Fachbeirat of the Max-Planck-Institut f|r
Quantenoptik (1996-present); NSF Review Committee for the LIGO Project
(1993-present); Program Advisory Committee, Advanced Light Source, LBNL
(1995-98); NRC Review Committee for the DOE Inertial Confinement Fusion
Program (1996-97); Joint Council on Quantum Electronics (1995-97); U.C.
Berkeley Academic Planning Board (1993-95); Associate Editor, Optics
Express (1997-98); Topical Editor, Optics Letters (1989-93);
International Council on Quantum Electronics (1995-96); Chair, Optical
Science Division, Technical Council, OSA (1995-96); Steering Committee,
Laser Science Topical Group, APS (1988-90); Program Co-Chair, QELS Conference
(1997); Program Co-Chair, IQEC (1996) ; Vice-Chair, Gordon Conference
on Nonlinear Optics and Lasers (1989); Co-Chair, OSA Topical Meeting
on
Short Wavelength Coherent Radiation (1988).
Honors: Fellow of the American Physical Society; Fellow of the
Optical Society of America; Distinguished Traveling Lecturer, APS Laser
Science Topical Group (1992-93); Presidential Young Investigator Award
of the NSF (1984-89).
Candidate’s Statement: The Laser Science Division offers
scientists a focus for a broad range of professional activities. The
LSD can channel resources effectively, and coordinate related professional
groups. I believe that I can serve the members of the DLS because of
my experience in leadership roles at OSA, APS, JQEC, etc., my service
as conference chair, program committee member, and editor, and my work
as a scientist and educator. Though it’s hard to know what important
issues will arise in the coming years for the DLS, I expect we will need
to continue to foster interactions among the universities, laboratories,
and industry, and we will need to continue to seek ways to add value
to the scientific enterprise through meetings, publications, and appropriate
advocacy of scientific issues for government and the public. Leadership
of the DLS will require listening to the broad community of scientists
using lasers and optics, and then engaging our individual members and
the collective strength of the APS in useful activity.
Tony F. Heinz, Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering,
Columbia University, 1995 - ; Research Staff and Department Manager,
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, 1983-1995; PhD
in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1982; BA in Physics,
Stanford University, 1978.
Research interests: Ultrafast spectroscopy and nonlinear optics,
particularly for probing surfaces, interfaces, and thin films. Recent
activities include terahertz spectroscopy, ultrafast measurement of electrical
transients, nonlinear optical investigations of interfaces, and femtosecond
studies of surface dynamics.
Professional Activities: Program Committees: IQEC/QELS (1987-92,
1998); ILS/OSA Annual Meeting (1992-94, 1998); Program Chair: QELS, 1993
and OSA/LEOS Nonlinear Optics Conference, 2000; Advisory Board, Gordon
Conference on Molecular Electronic Spectroscopy & Dynamics, 1996,
1999; Review Board, National Science and Engineering Council of Canada,
1991-94; Review Panel, Materials Science Program, US DOE, 1993; Member,
Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CAMOS), National
Research Council, 1994-97; Chair, Nominating Committee, DLS of the APS,
1995; Chair, Joint Council on Quantum Electronics of APS/IEEE/OSA, 1995-98;
Chair, Optical Sciences Division of the OSA, 1996-98; Liaison, OSA Technical
Council and DLS, 1998-99; APS Isakson Prize Committee, 1999-2001; Associate
Editor (1987 - 93) and Editor-in-Chief (1994- ), Journal of the Optical
Society of America (JOSA) B
Honors, Positions, Memberships: Honors and Awards: National Science
Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1978 - 81; IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1982-83;
International Prize for Optics and Ernst Abbe Medal of the International
Commission for Optics, 1995; Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist
Research Award, Federal Republic Germany, 1996. Memberships: Fellow,
American Physical Society; Fellow, Optical Society of America; American
Chemical Society; Materials Research Society; IEEE
Candidate's Statement: I believe that the DLS has evolved into
a unique and effective division of the APS that provides important ties
between researchers with interests running from condensed-matter physics,
atomic, molecular and optical physics to chemistry, materials science,
and photonics. Several excellent programs have already been put in place
by the DLS, such as the student travel grants and the distinguished traveling
lecturer program. Building on the sound finances of the DLS, we can continue
these successful programs and identify other distinctive activities that
will serve our broad-based membership, particularly through new educational
initiatives and efforts to increase the value of the DLS for student
members. Additional opportunities for the DLS lie in improving our coordination
with optics-oriented organizations outside the APS, notably with the
OSA, IEEE/LEOS, and the SPIE, as well as with other professional societies,
such as the ACS and MRS, in which DLS members participate. Close coordination
with the OSA, in which I have had the pleasure of serving in several
volunteer positions, is of special importance because of the co-location
of the DLS-sponsored ILS meeting and the OSA Annual meeting, as well
as DLS participation in the IQEC/QELS
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Richard R. Freeman, Edward Teller Professor of Applied Science,
and Chair, Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis,
Ph.D.--Harvard University, 1973, Lecturer in Physics, MIT, 1973-76, Bell
Labs (researcher and Dept. Head), 1976-1996, Deputy Associate Director
of Lasers, LLNL, 1996-98, Professor, Department of Applied Science, UCD
, 1997-present, Chair, Department of Applied Science, UCD, 1998-present.
Research Interests: (1) High Intensity Laser Fields Interacting
with Matter, (2) Interaction of Lasers in Relativistic Electron Beams,
(3) Optical Designs, (4) Advanced Accelerator Concepts, (5) Plasma Spectroscopy.
Over 175 Peer Reviewed Papers published in the literature.
Service: Chair of APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical
Physics, 1996, Chair of APS Division of Laser Science, 1994, Member of
APS Executive Committee (at Large) 1990-93.
Honors: Fellow APS, Fellow OSA.
Henry van Driel, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto,
Ph.D. 1975, B.Sc., 1970, University of Toronto.
Research interests: ultrafast and nonlinear optical phenomena
in semiconductors; coherence control phenomena in solids; physics of
lasers and ultrashort pulse parametric sources.
Other scientific activities: Topical Editor, JOSA B, 1993-1999;
Member Program Committees: IQEC 1986,1988; 1994, Subcommittee chair,
1996, Program co-chair, 1998; QELS, 1989,1995,1997,1999, General co-chair,
2000; OSA annual mtg., 1993; International Council of Quantum Electronics,
1992-6; Commission on Quantum Electronics, International Union of Pure
and Applied Physics, 1993- : vice-Chair, 1999-2002; Chair, Division of
Optical Physics, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1992-93; Associate
Director, Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Center, 1988-94.
Honors, positions and memberships: J.S. Guggenheim Fellow (1986);
Alexander Von Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award (1991); Killam
Fellow (1997-9), Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1989- present; Fellow,
Royal Society of Canada, 1989-present: Postdoctoral fellow, University
of Arizona, 1975-6. Visiting scientist: Harvard University, 1983; Max
Planck Institut f|r Festkvrperforschung, 1991-2; University of Amsterdam,
1999; member: APS, OSA, Canadian Association of Physicists, Royal Society
of Canada.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Thomas F. Gallagher, Jesse W. Beams Professor of Physics, University
of Virginia. Ph. D. 1971, Harvard University; A.M. 1968, Harvard University;
A.B. 1966, Williams College.
Research interests: Interactions of highly excited atoms with
strong microwave fields, interactions among highly excited atoms in dense
cold samples, doubly excited atoms, frequency modulation spectroscopy.
Other scientific activities: Executive committee, DEAP, 1981-4;
Committee on Line Spectra of the Elements, 1981-3; General Committee,
ICPEAC, 1985-8; Associate Editor, Optics Letters, 1985-9; fellowship
Committee, DAMOP, 1985-6, 1988-9; Divisional Associate Editor, Physical
Review Letters, 1988-91; Program Committee, DAMOP, 1989-95; Meggers Award
Committee 1991-2; Chairman, DAMOP, 1993-4; Schawlow Prize Committee,
1993-4; Chairman, ELICOLS, 1993; Chairman program subcommittee IQEC,
1993-4; Topical Editor, JOSAB, 1993-6; Program Committee, ICAP, 1993-6;
Topical Editor, Physics Reports, 1996-; Chairman, nominating committee,
DAMOP, 1998-00; Chairman SESAPS, 1999-00.
Honors, positions, and memberships: Fellow, APS; Fellow, OSA;
Davisson-Germer Prize, 1996; Outstanding Scientist of Virginia, 1997;
postdoctoral fellow, University of Utah, 1971-2; postdoctoral physicist,
physicist, senior physicist, program manager, SRI International, 1972-84;
visiting scientist CEN Saclay, 1977, University of Paris South, 1980;
Laboratoire Aime Cotton, 1988, 1994, 1998, University of Freiburg, 1990.
Siu Au Lee, Professor of Physics, Colorado State University,
Ph. D., Stanford Univ. 1976; B.S. Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Laser manipulation of atoms for application
to quantum wire and quantum dot structures; atom interferometry; precision
laser tests of fundamental theories.
Other Scientific Activities: Executive Committee, Precision Measurements
and Fundamental Constants Topical Group (PMFCTG) (1999-2002); Program
Committee QELS (1998); NSF Committee of Visitors (1997) NRC CAMOS (1993-96).
Honors, Positions, Memberships: Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, Optical Society of America Prof. of Physics (1993-present), Assoc.
Prof. (1987-92), Asst.
Prof. (1982-86), Colorado State University
Senior Research Fellow, Caltech (1979-81)
Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Lab (1978-79) Postdoctoral Research
Associate, JILA (1976-78) Member: APS (DAMOP, PMFCTG, DLS), OSA, Sigma
Xi.
Mark G. Raizen, Associate Professor of Physics, The University
of Texas at Austin. Ph.D. 1989, The University of Texas at Austin; B.Sc.,
1980, Tel-Aviv University.
Research interests: Experimental atomic, molecular and optical
physics. In particular, the use of atom optics to study problems in quantum
chaos, condensed matter physics, and dissipative quantum dynamics.
Other scientific activities: Member, Technical Committee, IQEC
(1994); Member, Max Born Award Committee, OSA (1998); Member, Book Committee,
OSA (1997-1999); Member, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize Committee, APS (1998);
Member, Editorial Board, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics; Member, Technical
Committee, QELS (1999); Chairman, Max Born Award Committee, OSA (1999);
Chairman, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize
Committee, APS (1999).
Honors, positions, memberships: I. I. Rabi Prize, APS (1999);
APS Fellow (1997); NSF Young Investigator (1993-1998); ONR Young Investigator
(1992-1995); Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow (1992-1994);
Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Fellow (1991-1993; 1998-2000);
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (1989-1991); IBM Graduate
Fellowship (1987-1988); University of Texas Graduate Fellowship (1986-1987).
Member APS, OSA, AAAS.
John E. Thomas, Professor of Physics, Duke University. Ph. D.
1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B. S. 1973, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Atom trapping, quantum noise, biomedical
imaging.
Other Scientific Activities: Vice-Chair Davisson-Germer Prize
Committee (1999); Member DLS Fellowship Committee (1999); Organizer,
Symposium on Atom Imaging ILS/OSA (1997); Member, AMO Ph. D. Thesis Selection
Committee (1994-1995); Organizer, Ninth International Conference on Laser
Spectroscopy, (1989); Editor, Laser Spectroscopy IX.
Honors, positions, and memberships: Fellow, American Physical
Society; NIST Precision Measurements Grant (1990-1993); S. Draper Career
Development Chair (1980-1981); Hertz Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1973-1978);
Member APS, DAMOP, DLS, OSA.
DIVISIONAL APS COUNCILOR
W. Carl Lineberger, E. U. Condon Professor of Chemistry and Fellow
of JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Ph.D. 1965, Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Research Interests: Experimental chemical physics, laser spectroscopy,
and ultrafast dynamics of molecular reactions. Current research activities
include studies of molecular rearrangements following photoexcitation,
photodetachment threshold phenomena, negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy,
and solvation dynamics of molecular cluster ions.
APS Activities: Chair, Division of Chemical Physics (1982/83);
Chair, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (1986/87); Chair,
Topical Group on Laser Science (1994/95); and member of the Physics Policy
Committee (95/98.
Honors, Positions, and Memberships: Co-Chair, Commission on Physical
Sciences, Mathematics and Applications of the National Research Council;
member, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science; recipient. H. P. Broida Prize
and the Earle K. Plyler Prize of the American Physical Society, William
F. Meggers Award of the Optical Society of America, and the Irvin B.
Langmuir Prize of the American Chemical Society.
Candidate's Statement:
The Division of Laser Science has been a wonderfully successful experiment
in collaboration between physicists, chemists, and optical scientists.
It has been exceptionally successful in implementing innovative scientific,
education and outreach activities. Our annual meeting, the Interdisciplinary
Laser Science (ILS) Conference, has been held in conjunction with OSA,
providing us with important broad connections with minor participant
(albeit a scientifically very important one) in this process. I believe
it is essential to maintain a vibrant DLS annual meeting that serves
its membership through multiple symposia and many poster presentations.
Significant incentives for student participation in the meeting must
be maintained. As our APS Counselor, I will work closely with our DLS
leadership to ensure that the interests of DLS are well articulated to
APS, and that the truly wonderful successes of DLS are not jeopardized
in the OSA restructuring.
William C. Stwalley, Professor of Physics and of Chemistry, University
of Connecticut, Ph.D. 1969, Harvard University; B.S. 1964 California
Institute of Technology.
Research Interests: Atom, molecule and photon interactions, particularly
few atom systems where these interactions can be determined from spectroscopy,
collisions, and theory. Of particular interest is the low temperature
quantum regime where atom cooling and trapping is employed and exotic
phenomena such as Boss-Einstein condensation and atom and molecule "lasers" occur.
Scientific Activities: APS: DLS (also TGLS): Co-founder, Chair,
Admin. Vice Chair of the International/Interdisciplinary Laser Science
Conference (TGLS/DLS Annual Meeting) (1984-91); TGLS Steering Committee
(1985-86, 1987-92); APS Rep. on Joint Council on Quantum Electronics
(also ICQE) (1988-90, 1993-96); Program Committee QELS (1991-92, 1998-99);
Schawlow Prize Committee (1998-2000); DCP: Secretary/Treasurer (1984-90);
DAMOP: Program Committees (1990-92); Organizing Committee for DAMOP 2000
(1998-2000); Other APS: Organizing Committee for 1997 Congressional Reception;
Selected Other: Vice-Chair/Chair, Gordon Conf. on Atomic and Molecular
Interactions (1976-80), Co-Chair, Gordon Conf. on Nonlinear Optics and
Lasers (1977-78), Exec. Comm., Div. Of Phys. Chem., Am. Chem. Soc. (1981-83),
ARO Chem. Adv. Comm. (1981-84), Ed. Adv. Brd., J. Molec. Spectrosc. (1982-87),
AFOSR Chem. Eval. Panel (1983-86), Editor, Laser Chem. (1985-90), Chair
Airforce Panel on High Energy Density Mtls. (1985-92), Ed. Adv. Brd.,
Chem. Phys. Lett. (1986-98), CAMOS, Natl. Res. Council (1979-82, 1990-91,
1992-96 [chair 1993-95]), Intl. Assessor, NSERC (Canada) (1997-98).
Professional Affiliations: Fellow, American Physical Society;
Fellow, Optical Society of America; American Chemical Society; American
Association for the Advancement of Science; Connecticut Academy of Science
and Engineering; Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. Honors and
Awards: A.P. Sloan Fellow (1982), Visiting Lecturer of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences (1986), George Glocker Professor of the Physical Sciences,
University of Iowa (1988-93), Visiting Lecturer of the National Science
Council of Taiwan (1989, 1999), William F. Meggers Award for Spectroscopy
of the Optical Society of America (1988), Chancellor’s Research
Excellence Award, University of Connecticut (1999).
Candidate’s Statement: The Division of Laser Science is
the only division of APS with this word science (as opposed to Physics)
in its title. This is because from the very inception of the Topical
Group (now Division) of Laser Science and its annual meeting, the Interdisciplinary
Laser Science Conference, it was recognized that laser science is inherently
interdisciplinary, with many disciplines outside the traditional boundaries
of Physics providing important contributions and applications (e.g. electrical
and mechanical engineering and chemistry). Simultaneously there are strong
ties with other divisions in APS (e.g. DAMOP, DCMP, DCP, DMP) and to
other societies (e.g. OSA, IEEE). DLS thus serves a very important linking
and bridging role which I would strive to maintain and enhance, primarily
through the annual ILS and QELS meetings, and through the special DLS-sponsored
Student Travel Grant, Student Summer Research Grant and Distinguished
Traveling Lecturer Programs. I would seek to persuade the APS Council
of the mission of our interdisciplinary philosophy and the vigor of our
scientific enterprise, I would also actively represent the interests
of the laser science community on the APS Council.
The 1999 DLS Nominating Committee was Dan Grischkowsky (Chair), Bob
Field, Phil Gould, and Hal Metcalf. Their efforts are greatly appreciated!
Ballots must be received by Win Smith no later than September 15,
1999.
DLS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
William D. Phillips, NIST
Chair-Elect
Robert W. Boyd, University of Rochester
Vice Chair
Marsha I. Lester, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary-Treasurer
Winthrop W. Smith, University of Connecticut
Past-Chair
Paul L. Houston, Cornell University
Divisional APS Councilor
Daniel R. Grischkowsky, Oklahoma State University
Members at Large
Randall Hulet, Rice University
John C. Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas W. Mossberg, University of Oregon
Margaret M. Murnane, University of Michigan
Doreen A. Weinberger, Smith College
Linda Young, Argonne National Laboratory
APS Representatives to Joint Council on Quantum Electronics
Ian A. Walmsley, University of Rochester
Richard R. Freeman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Newsletter Editor
Jeanne M. Hossenlopp, Marquette University
ILS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Lewis J. Rothberg, University of Rochester, Conference Chair Margaret
Murnane, University of Michigan, Program Chair Lasers in Chemistry
Subcommittee Phillipe Guyot-Sinnet, University of Chicago, Chair
Arjun G. Yodh, University of Pennsylvania Lee Richter, NIST David M.
Jonas, University
of Colorado at Boulder David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratory Michael
Barnes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lasers in Ultrafast Nonlinear
Phenomena Subcommittee Ian Walmsley, University of Rochester, Chair
Nora Berrah, Western Michigan University Hailin Wang, University of Oregon
David D. Meyerhofer, University of Rochester Mike Raymer, Oregon Center
for Optics and University of Oregon Almantas Galvanauskas, IMRA Lasers
in Physics Subcommittee Robert Jones, University of Virginia, Chair
H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology S.E. Harris, Stanford
University Naomi Halas, Rice University Jabez McClelland, NIST Gustav
Gerber, University of Wuerzburg Physics of Laser Sources Subcommittee Gary
Eden, University of Illinois, Chair Peter Yu, University of California
at Berkeley Howard Powell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Jorge
Rocca, Colorado State University Louis DiMauro, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dennis Deppe, University of Texas, Austin Doug Bamford, Gemfire Corporation
