2012

2012-03-14
Dr. Ivan Scheblykin, Dept. of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Sweden
"Microscopy to visualize energy migration in individual nanostructures"

2012-05-23
Prof. Paul Ewart, Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
"Laser Spectroscopy in Combustion and Environmental Research"

2012-09-20
Prof. Lihong Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
"Photoacoustic Tomography: Ultrasonically Breaking through the Optical Diffusion Limit"

2012-10-16
Rydberg Lecture with the support by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics.

Docent Svante Jonsell, Physics Department, Stockholm University and ALPHA Collaboration, CERN
"Trapped Antihydrogen: a First Glimpse of its inside"

2012-11-14
Assoc. Prof. Per Johnsson, Atomic Physics, Lund University,
"Studying ultrafast molecular dynamics using XUV high-order harmonics and free electron lasers"

2011

2011-04-04
Prof. Victor Malka, ENSTA-CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
"State-of-the-art laser plasma particle acceleration"

2011-05-27
Prof. Susanne Åkesson and Mikkel Brydegaard, Departments of Ecology and Physics, Lund University, Sweden
"Ecological applications of optical remote sensing: studies of bird and insect movements"

2011-09-22
Prof. Anders Mikkelsen, Synchrotron Radiation Physics, Lund University, Sweden
"Nanostructure imaging and spectroscopy using advanced light sources"

2011-10-06
Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1999, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
"Four Dimensional Electron Microscopy: Development and Applications"

2011-11-14
Dr. Jun Ye, JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, USA
"Optical frequency combs - from infrared to extreme ultraviolett"

2010

2010-03-17
Doc. Sverker Werin, MAX-lab, Lund University, Sweden, "Results from the MAX-lab test FEL and an outlook for MAX IV"

2010-06-14
Joakim Bood, Div. of Combustion Physics, Lund University, "Development of new laser techniques for diagnostic challenges in combustion research"

2010-09-14
Prof. Lene Hau, Harvard University, USA, "Quantum control of light and matter - from the macroscopic to the nanoscale"

2010-10-20
Rydberg Lecture with the support by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics.

Prof. David Payne, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Great Britain, "Optical Fibre Technology and the Global Internet - Where to Next?"

2010-11-25
Prof. Janus Hajdu, Uppsala University, Sweden, "X-ray lasers, exploding molecules and biological insights"

2009

2009-02-10
Prof. Marjatta Lyyra, Physics Department,Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, " Applications of Quantum Optics in  Molecular Systems"

2009-04-17
Prof. Mischa Bonn, FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics AMOLF, Amsterdam, Netherlands, " Structure and dynamics of interfacial water"

2009-06-02
Prof. Lennart Lindegren, Lund Observatory, Lund University, Sweden, "Planet-hunting, quantum fluctuations in the early universe and picoradian astronomy: Exploring the universe from observatories in space"

2009-10-13
Docent Annika Enejder, Dep. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, "Multi-photon microscopy - Biological applications of CARS, SHG and THG microscopy"

2009-11-18
Dr. Tönu Pullerits, Chemical Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "In footsteps of NMR – laser spectroscopy goes multidimensional"

2008

Prof. Serge Haroche, ENS, Paris, France, "Trapping and counting photons without destroying them: a new way to look at light"

2008-04-23
Prof. Marcus Motzkus, Universität Marburg, Germany, "Coherent control and shaped femtosecond pulses: Playing with the light-matter interaction"

2008-05-19
Prof. Stefan Andersson-Engels, Atomic Physics Div., Lund University, Sweden, "Optical Spectroscopy to Control Medical Treatment"

2008-10-02
Prof. Eli Yablonovitch, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley, USA, "Nanophotonics, from Photonic crystals to Plasmonics"

2008-11-27
Prof. Anne L'Huillier, Atomic Physics Div., Lund University, Sweden, "Attosecond Physics and High-Order Harmonic Generation"

2007

2007-05-24
Prof. Hans Hertz, Biomedical & X-Ray Physics, KTH, Sweden, "Compact liquid-jet x-ray sources for microscopy and biomedical imaging"

2007-06-07
Dr. Zhongshan Li, Dept of Physics, LTH, Sweden, " Developing Novel Laser Techniques for Nonintrusive Combustion Diagnostics"

2007-09-14
Prof. Eric Mazur, Dept of Physics, Harvard University, USA, "Wrapping light around a hair"

2007-10-15
Prof. John Pendry, Dept of Physics, Imperial College, London, U.K. "Metamaterials: A New Design Paradigm for Electromagnetism"

2006

2006-03-17
Prof. Peter E. Andersen, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark, "Biophotonics: Optical Coherence Tomography and New Light Sources"

2006-03-17
Prof. Jesper Glückstad, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark, "Real-time Interactive 3D Laser Manipulation of Particles Based on General Phase Contrast Methods"

2006-03-27
Rydberg Lecture with the support by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics.

Prof. Theodor W. Hänsch, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany, "A Passion for Precision"

2006-04-24
Dr. Mike Dunne, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK, "Laser Driven Fusion - A Source of Energy for the Future?"

2006-09-19
Prof. Ronald K. Hanson, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA, "Advances in Diode Laser Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion"

2006-11-20
Prof. Villy Sundström, Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "The Ultrafast Time Scale in Chemistry and Biology"

2005

2005-04-07
Prof. Thomas Elsaesser, Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany, "Ultrafast dynamics of hydrogen bonds in liquids: Nuclear motions, vibrational couplings and relaxation"

2005-05-12
Prof. Anton Zeilinger, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria and Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Austrian Academy of Sciences, "Photonic Quantum Computation and Quantum Teleportation"

2005-09-22
Prof. Wolfgang Kiefer,Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany, "Femtosecond Four-wave Mixing Spectroscopies and Applications"

2005-10-27
Prof. Dainis Dravins, Lund Observatory, Lund Sweden, "Future Optical Astronomy eith Quantum Optics"

2004

2004-03-09
Prof. Sune Svanberg, Division of Atomic Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "Spectroscopy in scattering media  -  Basic aspects and practical applications"

2004-05-25
Prof. Rienk van Grondelle, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, "Early Events in Enzyme Reaction Dynamics"

2004-09-16
Prof. Jörgen Larsson, Division of Atomic Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "Time-Resolved X-Ray Science"

2004-10-27
Prof. Richard B. Miles, Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, USA, "Imaging Flow Structure and Species with Atomic
and Molecular Filters"

2004-12-01
Rydberg Lecture: Johannes Rydberg 150 Year Memorial with the support from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences through its Nobel Institute for Physics.

This is the first of the Rydberg lectures and has been arranged 150 years after the birth of Johannes Rydberg.

Prof. Daniel Kleppner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass.,Two Legacies of Johannes Rydberg -the Rydberg Constant and Rydberg Atoms”

2003

2003-02-26
Prof. Karsten Danzmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, University of Hannover, "Laserinterferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors on the Ground and in Space"

2003-04-28
Prof. Ken W.D. Ledingham, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, "Laser Induced Nuclear, Particle Astrophysics and Applications - the Developing Dream"

2003-05-08
Prof. Mark Linne, Department of Combustion Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "Advances in  Laser Diagnostics for Combustion"

2003-10-02
Doc. Katarina Svanberg, Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden,"Laser techniques in the detection and treatment of malignant tumours"

2003-11-11
Anders Hagfeldt, Department of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden, "Dye-sensitized nanostructured solar cells"

2002

2002-03-21
Prof. Anne L'Huillier, Atomic Physics Department, Lund University, Sweden, "Harmonic Generation in Strong Laser Fields - Application to Attosecond Pulses"

2002-04-25
Prof. Torben Andersen, Lund Observatory, Lund University, Sweden, "Euro50, a 50 m Optical Telescope with Adaptive Optics and Laser Guide Stars"

2002-09-04
Prof. Eugene Polzik, University of Aarhus, Denmark, "Quantum Communication Networks with Entangled atoms and light"

2002-11-28
Prof. Emile Biémont, Universites of Liège and Mons-Hainaut, Belgium, "Atomic Physics and Astrophysics in interplay - An interesting case, the lanthanides"

2001

2001-02-26
Prof. Ingolf Lindau, Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Sweden, "Novel Scientific Opportunities with Future Advanced Light Sources"

2001-05-28
Prof. Gustav Gerber, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Germany, "Optimal Control of Quantum Dynamics by Adaptive Femtosecond Pulse Shaping"

2001-09-27
Ass. Prof. Per-Erik Bengtsson, Department of  Combustion Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, "Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS)"

2001-11-19
Prof. James Fujimoto, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A., "Biomedical Imaging using Optical Coherence Tomography"

2000

2000-03-01
Prof. Vladilen S. Letokhov, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Science, Troitsk, Russia, "Lasers in Science and Technology"  

2000-04-26
Prof. Gérad A. Mourou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., "Ultrahigh-Intensity Lasers: Physics of the Extreme On a Tabletop"

2000-05-03
Docent Eva Åkesson, Chemical Physics, Lund University, "Femtochemistry - Photodissociation of Small Molecules" 

2000-09-26
Prof. Ferenc Krausz, Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, "Few-cycle-driven Ultrafast  Sources from T-rays to X-rays: A Tool for New Spectroscopies"

2000-11-15
Prof. Stefan Kröll, Atomic Physics Division, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, Fundamental  and Technological Applications using Photon Echoes"

2000-12-06
Prof. Orazio Svelto, Physics Department, Politechnico di Milano, Italy, "Intense Near-Single-Cycle Laser Pulses: New Physics on a Table Top"

1999

1999-03-03 
Dr. Stefan Andersson-Engels, Atomic Physics Division, Lund Institute of Technology, "Laser-based Scattering Spectroscopy Applied to Medicine"

1999-05-20  
Prof. Robin Clark, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, "Laser Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy: Unique Techniques for Pigment Identification on Manuscrips, Paintings and Other Artefacts"

1999-09-23
Ass. Prof. Istvan Sarady, Division of Materials Processing, Lulea University of Technology, "Material Processing with Lasers"

1999-11-18 
Dr. Clemens Kaminski, Combustion Physics Division, Lund Institute of Technology, "High Speed Imaging of Chemical Reactions: A Spectroscopist's Idea of Fun with a Camera"

1998

1998-02-24 
Prof. Villy Sundström, Chemical Physics, Lund University, Sweden, "Femtochemistry - The Decisive  Moment  in Chemistry"

1998-05-19 
Prof. Theodor Hänsch, MPQ, Garching, Germany, "New Magnetic Traps for Laser Cooled Atoms"

1998-09-24 
Dr. Hans Edner, Atomic Physics Department, Lund University, Sweden, "Optical Remote Sensing for Environmental Studies"

1998-11-16
Prof. Richard Zare, Stanford University, U.S.A., "Advances in Laser-Based Techniques for Chemical Analysis  - From Martian Meteorites to Single Molecules"

1997

1997-03-20
Dr. Agneta Troilius, Department of Determatology, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden "Lasers in Dermatology"

1997-05-13 
Prof. Sveneric Johansson, Atomic Spectroscopy Div., Lund University, Sweden, "A Spectroscopic View of the Universe: New Findings with the Hubble Space Telescope"

1997-09-18
Prof. Jürgen Wolfrum, University of Heidelberg, Germany, "Lasers in chemistry, Environment and Biology: from Diatomics to DNA"

1997-11-19
Doc. Claes-Göran Wahlström, Atomic Physics Department, Lund University, Sweden, "High-Power Lasers and Physics at Ultra-High Intensities"

1996

1996-02-28
Doc. Katarina Svanberg, Oncology Dept., Lund University, Sweden, "Lasers in Medicine - Spectroscopic Aspects"

1996-05-20 
Prof. J. Jortner, Tel Aviv University, Israel, "Dynamics of Large Chemical and Biophysical Systems"

1996-09-18
Prof. Marcus Aldén, Combustion Physics Div., Lund University, Sweden, "Laser Applications in Combustion  Research"

1996-11-11
Dr. E.V. Browell, NASA Langley Research Centre, U.S.A., "Optical Remote Sensing for Global Ozone Monitoring"

1995

1995-11-22 
Prof. T.W Hänsch, MPQ, Garching, Germany, " Spectroscopy of Atomic Hydrogen"