Short Courses
8–12 April Surface Analysis 2013
Dayton, OH
www.surfaceanalysis.org/surface_analysis_2013.html
9 April Metals Analysis: AA, GFAA, ICP, ICP-MS
Orlando, FL & Indianapolis, IN
pacslabs.com/course/260aagraphitefurnaceatomicabsorptionicpcourse.php
10 April Mass Spectral Interpretation
Orlando, FL & Indianapolis, IN
pacslabs.com/course/10massspectralinterpretationcourse.php
15–19 April The 25th Annual Short Course on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory, Applications, and Laboratory Instruction
Houston, TX
29 April–3 May Practical X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
Newtown Square, PA
www.icdd.com/education/xrf.htm
10 Mass Spectral Interpretation
Pittsburgh, PA
pacslabs.com/course/10massspectralinterpretationcourse.php
10 Advanced Mass Spectral Interpretation
Pittsburgh, PA
pacslabs.com/course/20advancedmassspectralinterpretationcourse.php
12 Basic Impedance Spectroscopy
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.electrochem.org/education/short_courses/223/sc1/
9 SC189 Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Technologies
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc189/
9 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc149/
9 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc221/
9 High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc270/
9 Frontiers of Guided Wave Nonlinear Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc396/
9 Nano-Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc403/
10 Introduction to Ultrafast Optics
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc378/
10 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc361/
10 Coherent Mid-Infrared Sources and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc361/
10 Quantum Cascade Lasers: Science, Technology, Applications and Markets
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc301/
10 Tabletop Coherent X-ray Light Sources for Nano and Atto Science
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc398/
10 Silicon Photonics Devices and Applications
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc379/
10 Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers: Applications in Health and the Environment
San Jose, CA
www.cleoconference.org/home/program/short-courses/sc375/
23–27 Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Metrology (AIO)
Arlington, VA
Improving Fluorescence and Raman Techniques for Environmental Microplastic Analysis
March 31st 2025A recent study conducted at the LaserLaB Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) explored spectroscopic imaging techniques, including Raman and fluorescence microscopy, for characterizing microplastics (MPs), focusing on optimizing sample preparation, particularly density separation, and Nile Red staining.Spectroscopy spoke to Merel Konings, corresponding author of the paper resulting from the study, about her work
New Study Provides Insights into Chiral Smectic Phases
March 31st 2025Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the molecular arrangement of the 7HH6 compound’s smectic phases using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.