Colloquium
Upcoming Colloquium
Femtosecond Laser Eye Surgery: The Journey from Discovery to Commercial Products
Dr. Tibor Juhasz, UC Irvine
January 27, 2025
11:00am in HSCI-105
Femtosecond (FS) lasers can be delivered through transparent and translucent tissue and capable of creating sub-surface incisions without any damage to the superficial tissue. This provides a unique opportunity to perform non-invasive high-precision surgery beneath the tissue surface with minimized surgical trauma to the patient. Although femtosecond lasers have potential surgical applications in numerous human organs, the human eye is clearly the most attractive target for FS laser surgery due to the presence of transparent ocular media to the near infrared FS laser light. The lecture will review the physics of basic laser-tissue interaction studies and will summarize the development of femtosecond surgical technologies for high-precision non-invasive ophthalmic surgical techniques.
About the Colloquium
The Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in physics and what physicists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Department at California State University, Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in physics. All students are encouraged to attend for a well-rounded experience and training in physics.
Colloquium Coordinator
For information and suggestions about the colloquium please contact the colloquium coordinator:
Dr. Zoltan Papp
Zoltan.Papp@csulb.edu
Schedule
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2025 | Femtosecond Laser Eye Surgery: The Journey from Discovery to Commercial Products | Dr. Tibor Juhasz, UC Irvine |
| February 3, 2025 | (topic: foundations of quantum mechanics) | Matthew Leifer, Chapman University |
| February 10, 2025 | (topic: artificial intelligence (AI)) | Arnulfo Gonzalez, National Nuclear Security Site, Las Vegas |
| February 17, 2025 | Distinguished Lecture Speaker - Quantum Chromodynamics | Stanley Brodsky, Stanford |
| February 24, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Judit Romanyi, UC Irvine |
| March 3, 2025 | (topic: high energy experiment) | Daniel Diaz, Fermilab, Chicago |
| March 10, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Silke Paschen, TU Wien, Austria |
| March 24, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter experiment) | Karoly Holczer, UCLA |
| April 7, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| April 14, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter experiment) | Cristopher Barty, UC Irvine |
| April 21, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Kalman Varga, Vanderbilt |
| April 28, 2025 | (topic: condensed matter theory) | Thomas Baker, University of Victoria, Canada |
| May 5, 2025 | Physics Student Research Presentations | Physics Students, CSU Long Beach |
| May 7, 2025 | Physics Student Research Presentations | Physics Students, CSU Long Beach |
Previous Colloquia
The Colloquium Archive has the Colloquia from previous semesters.
Sponsors
We acknowledge with gratitude donations and support from the following present sponsors:
- H.E. and H.B. Miller and Family Endowment
- Benjamin Carter
- American Physical Society
- Anonymous
We also acknowledge with gratitude our past donors: The Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Sandra Dana, Anonymous.
If you wish to support the Colloquium, please contact the colloquium coordinator or the department chair. Thank you!
