Last updated: 20 Feb 2012
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4th African Laser Centre Student Workshop
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The
purpose of the symposium is to bring together ALC grant holders and
partners from across Africa, and students at South African universities
who are working in the various ALC sponsored projects. The
workshop programme is designed to facilitate student presentations and
interaction with project
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The school will take place from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 November 2011 at the Zevenwacht Wine Estate under the auspices of the African Laser Centre.
More about Zevenwacht Wine Estate. See map of the Zevenwacht Wine Estate. See road map to the Zevenwacht Wine Estate. More about Stellenbosch and surroundings. |
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If you are an ALC grantholder or a student studying at a South African university on an ALC project and would like to attend the symposium, please take note of the dates in the table below. |
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Workshop announcement and call for abstracts |
1 August 2011 |
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Abstract and application deadline |
1 September 2011 |
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Abstract acceptance outcome |
15 September 2011 |
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Deadline for final abstracts for programme |
5 October 2011 |
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Workshop Starts |
9 November 2011 |
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Workshop Ends |
13 November 2011 |
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Prof Andrea Galtarossa |
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The title of his talk was “Polarization of light in optical communications: an impairment or a resource?”. It involved the main problem related to transmission of polarized optical signals in standard single-mode fibers, being that fiber birefringence causes polarization dependent dispersion, which could be overcome by using two different approaches: coherent detection in conjunction with polarization maintained fibers or by producing low birefringent fibers. |
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Dr James Uhomoibhi |
| The title of his talk was “Laser Light scattering detection and measurements of micro-rheological structures and dynamics of complex systems (foams and its ageing) and measurement of uniform translational motion”. He discussed the technique of diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) to study the ageing of foams and to investigate the response of the system’s signal itself in what is called a uniform translational motion. | |
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Prof Mourad Zghal |
| The title of his talk was “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers” He reviewed the physics behind the process of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers, as well as applications ranging from sensors to lasers and to different types of passive and active waveguide devices. | |
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The symposium is being organised by the Laser Research Institute in the Department of Physics, at the University of Stellenbosch for the African Laser Centre. |
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Organising Committee |
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Workshop Chair |
Prof Erich Rohwer |
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Workshop Secretariat |
Prof Piet Walters |
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ALC /NLC Liaison |
Dr Paul Motalane |
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Review Committee chair |
Prof Hubertus von Bergmann |
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Programme Committee Chair |
Prof Heinrich Schwoerer |
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US Liaison |
Dr Pieter Neethling |
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US Liaison |
Dr Christine Steenkamp |
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NMMU Liaison |
Prof Andrew Leitch |
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UFS Liaison |
Dr M Ntwaeaborwa |
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Abstract Review & Scientific Advisory Committee |
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Prof Hubertus von Bergmann, US |
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Prof Erich Rohwer, US |
| Prof Heinrich Schwoerer, US |
| Prof Hendrik Swart, UFS |
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Dr Andrew Forbes, NLC |
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Programme Committee |
| Prof Heinrich Schwoerer, US |
| Prof Ernest van Dyk, NMMU |
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Prof Andrew Leitch, NMMU |
| Prof Erich Rohwer, US |
| Dr Anton du Plessis, NLC |
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A
one-page abstract must be submitted by 1 September 2011 according
to the required format. These will be reviewed and the authors
notified of the outcome. Full details of the format and
instructions for submission can be found in the Word document in
the link below. An additional 1 page of supporting discussion
and figures may also be submitted. Please
note that you have to send your Application Form together with
your Abstract. |
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Time slots of 20 minutes duration each for oral presentations. This include an introduction by the project leader (< 5 min), presentation by the student, and 3 minutes allocated to questions at the end. Presentations in English. Prizes will be awarded the best presentations. The assessment will be done by the scientific advisory committee |
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This page is used to announce the latest news regarding the workshop and progress with arrangements.
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Abstract and Application deadline |
1 September 2011 |
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Deadline for final abstracts for programme |
5 October 2011 |
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Accommodation has been reserved at Zevenwacht Wine Estate. |
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A shuttle transport service between Cape Town International airport and the Zevenwacht Wine Estate will be available for participants at the beginning and end of the school. Participants who would like to make use of this transport are expected to arrive in Cape Town on 9 November 2011 preferably in the afternoon and depart on 13 November 2011 after breakfast.
You will be met at the airport Arrivals terminal exit. The name of the ALC Workshop will be displayed on a sign at the exit. |
| Andrea Galtarossa Optical sensors: new solutions for advanced applications [.pdf] - 4.82MB Polarization of light in optical communications: An impairment or a resource? [.pdf] - 3.32MB |
| A.Yousif Mohammed Influence of working atmosphere on Y3(Al,Ga)5O12:Tb thin films fabricated by PLD technique. [.pdf] - 1.79MB |
| Jean-Jacques Monga Kaboko Design and development of an all-optical active Q-Switched Erbium-doped fibre ring laser. [.pdf] - 1.1MB |
| Dr. Christian Litwinski Basics in steady state and time resolved spectroscopy. [.pdf] - 2.46MB |
| B.A. Obadele Surface modification of TIC reinforced 304L Austenitic and 2507 Duplex Stainless Steel matrix composite fabricated by laser melt injection. [.pdf] - 2.21MB |
| S. Ombinda-Lemboumba
(Poster) Transient absorption spectroscopy study of Zinc Phthalocyanine in different solvents. [.pdf] - 173KB |
| H.A.A. Seed Ahmed Energy transfer in Ce/Tb co-doped sol-gel silica. [.pdf] - 3.09MB |
| I. Tynga Effectiveness of Zinc Phthalocyanine to include cell death in human breast cancer cells. [.pdf] - 1.63MB |
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Images from ALC Workshop (2011) |
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Group 1 - [Click on image for larger view - 1000KB] |
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ALC WORKSHOP 2011 AWARDS sponsored by: |
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| Our sincere thanks to Wirsam Scientific who sponsored our awards. Five awards for exceptional presentations at the Workshop 2011 were personally handed over by Dr Sharfuddin Sayed, Product Manager of Wirsam, at the conclusion of the workshop proceedings. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Secretariat Address: | |
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ALC Student Workshop, c/o Prof P E Walters Department of Physics University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa |
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| Telephone |
+27 21 808 3366 |
| Fax |
+27 21 808 3385 |
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