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Chair Simone Finizio, Paul Scherrer Institut
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Kayn Forbes (University of East Anglia)5/21/26, 11:00 AMInvited talk
Structured light allows us to move far beyond the simple plane waves that underpin most of optics, introducing twist, structure, and topology into the electromagnetic field. This added complexity is not just aesthetic – it opens new ways of controlling how light interacts with matter.
In this talk, I will give a broad overview of what structured light brings to the table, and then focus on...
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Dr Thierry Ruchon (LIDYL, CEA-Saclay)5/21/26, 11:35 AMInvited talk
Synopsis: Optical probing of magnetization dynamics has traditionally relied on analyzing the polarization of plain Gaussian beams. Recently, we introduced a novel approach – Magnetic Helicoidal Dichroism (MHD) – based on analyzing the reflectivity of beams with twisted wavefronts, i.e., beams carrying orbital angular momentum.
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While the spin angular momentum of light is widely used in... -
Michele Manfredda (ELETTRA)5/21/26, 12:10 PMContributed talk
KAOS (Kirkpatrick–Baez Active Optical System) has been a long-standing companion of the FERMI Free Electron Laser and, more broadly, of the XEUV community, evolving together with the scientific questions it was meant to address. Conceived, developed and continuously refined within PADReS, KAOS was initially designed as an adaptive optical system aimed at achieving—and preserving—the best...
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