WOMBAT 2024: Workshop on OptoMechanics and Brillouin-Mandelstam Scattering
Abstract
The interaction between light and mechanical waves is a topic that has spurred interest of a wide community of scientists, spanningmultiple disciplines from physics, engineering and biology. WOMBAT (Workshop on OptoMechanics and Brillouin-Mandelstam Scattering: Fundamentals, Applications and Technology) workshop was first realized in 2015 at Sidney, Australia. This workshop series was kickedoff at CUDOS (Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth for Optical Systems ) from an initiative led by Prof. Ben Eggleton (University of Sydney). The concept was to create a "Gordon Research Conference"-like environment specialized in various aspects of the interaction between light and sound-waves. Since then, every two-years WOMBAT has been a very successful hosted at different universities across the World, with an average attendance of 70-90 scientists:2015: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2017: FEMTO Institute, Besançon, France2019: Bar-Ilan University, Israel,2021: Max-Planck Institute for theScience of Light, Erlangen (Online edition due to pandemic)2022: Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen (in-person event)WOMBAT organization does not target any profit, the income from registration fees (400 Euros in the 2022 edition) is entirely used to support the conference organization and ensure an engaging and outstanding quality scientific event. The present chair has attended in person the 2017, 2021, and 2022 editions of this event and can testify that this is an outstanding scientific meeting with very focused discussions on light-sound interaction. Due to the outstanding contributions of the São Paulo and Brazilian community to this research field, Campinas was considered as a potential host for the 2024 edition of this conference.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2024
- Source ID
- N629092412031
Entities
People
- Thiago Alegre
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy