FWF Projekt ZK 91 "Isolated Strong Optical Magnetic Pulse Spectroscopy"In October 2024, Hongtao Hu was invited to give a talk in the ICAI2024 conference in Xi’an, China.
During the conference, scientific exchange with peers at the conference provided valuable feedback and opened new opportunities for future collaborations.
Xi’an, one of China’s most historic cities, has served as the capital for 13 dynasties throughout history. It is a city that combines ancient history with modernity.
On 8th of October, Lorenz started his conference travel to China. As the first stop of his itinerary, he visited Prof. Jin Wen and her research group at Donghua University, Shanghai.
In his presentation, Lorenz talked about his research in performing optical absorption spectroscopy with isolated magnetic fields. After a nice discussion, Lorenz was invited to lunch, where he enjoyed authentic Chinese cuisine 
During his stay in Shanghai, Lorenz got some insight in the local research infrastructure of Donghua University and to the work of the students in the research group of Prof. Jin Wen.
After the stay in Shanghai, Lorenz continued his trip to Qingdao, where the 11th Triennial Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics (ISTCP 2024) took place. Lorenz enjoyed the widespread scientific program, networking, and the vivid exchange with colleagues in the same research direction.
In his poster session, Lorenz had the chance to present his research about “Coupling simulations of spatiotemporal electromagnetic fields with simulations of ultrafast photoinduced dynamics” to many conference participants and could talk to other poster presenters in the two other poster sessions.
At the final day of the conference, Lorenz was awarded the best poster prize, which included a lifetime license for the quantum chemistry program Q-Chem and a money prize. Congratulations!
From 12.09.2024 to 13.09.2024, Lorenz and Rahul joined the annual DoSChem Student Symposium, which was held the 4th time since the Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem) was established. Next to interesting contributed talks by fellow PhD students from different fields in Chemistry, Lorenz and Rahul had the chance to listen to the inspiring keynote talks of Prof. Dr. Shana Sturla (ETH Zürich), Prof. Dr. Johannes Messinger (Uppsala University).
Certainly, a highlight of the symposium was the talk given by the pioneer of “supramolecular chemistry” and nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn about chemical steps towards complex matter.
During the symposium, Lorenz and Rahul both presented their posters about “Simulations of Ultrafast Photoinduced Dynamics with Tailored Electromagnetic Fields” and “Accurate and Efficient Multi-Reference Electronic Structure Calculations for Lanthanide Ions using Selected Spin-Orbit Couplings Interaction” to their interested colleagues.
From 2nd to 6th of September, Sebastian and several other members of the AG González went to Braunschweig to attend the 60th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry. The huge conference was very well organized and offered a broad selection of topics from all fields of theoretical chemistry.
From 27th of July to 6th of August, 2024, Sebastian went to the USA. First, at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry in Fort Collins, Colorado, he was giving an invited lecture on nonadiabatic dynamics simulations of transition metal complexes. He was also presenting many exciting new developments in the SHARC software package, including iStOMPS’ magnetic dipole transitions and works about lanthanide systems.
Subsequently, he flew to Athens, Georgia, to meet a long-term collaborator and to give a seminar presentation in the group of Fritz Schaefer III.
From the 14th to 19th of July, Liza attended the 23rd International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, that is widely recognized among communities of atomic, molecular, and condensed matter physicists, physical chemists, biophysicists, as well as scientists from the fields of lasers, optics and photonics. The conference tool place in Barcelona, Spain.
Liza got a chance to present her poster titled “Generation of Ultrafast Magnetic Fields with Spectrally Tunable Vector Beams for Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy of Eu3+ ions”, that drew a lot of attention from interested colleagues.
From the 30th June to the 5th of July, Liza attended the International Conference on Magnetism in sunny Bologna, Italy. The ICM2024 gathered more than 2000 participants from all other the world and covered a broad range of topics from ultrafast magnetic phenomena and spin dynamics to magnetism of nanoscale systems and functional magnetic materials. Liza presented a talk titled “Generation of Pulsed Isolated Magnetic Fields for Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy of Eu3+” in the section Frontiers in magnetic devices and experimental techniques.
Besides attending the informative sessions, Nobel lectures and tutorials, Liza joined the social events “Students in Magnetism” and “Women in Magnetism”, that brought a lot of insightful discussions and networking.
From the 12th to 14th of March, Optica High-Brightness Sources and Light-Driven Interactions Congress took place in Vienna, Austria. The Congress was comprised of three topical meetings: High-Intensity Lasers and High-Field Phenomena (HILAS), Compact EUV & X-Ray Light Sources (EUVXRAY), and Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS). The event covered many topics on laser technologies, high-brightness sources, attosecond science, and light-driven interactions.
Liza attended the Congress and presented the poster titled “Spectrally Selective Excitation of Electric Dipole and Magnetic Dipole Transitions in Eu3+Y2O3 Nanostructures” on the HILAS topical meeting. In addition to the useful insights on the various aspects of the laser physics, it was interesting to learn about the promising role of Eu³⁺ ions in the development of solid-state red lasers.
From 26.02.2024 to 29.02.2024, Lorenz attended the 1st ViRAPID Workshop 2024, which was held in Vienna. The topic of this conference “Bringing together rare event sampling, excited state dynamics and machine learning“ and thereby aimed at uniting experts active and interested in the fields of rare event sampling, machine learning, and excited states.
Group picture of the attendees of the 1st ViRAPID Workshop 2024.
It was a great opportunity for Lorenz to see the current limitations in each of the fields and to participate at a dialogue about advancing and developing new ideas bridging the fields.
Lorenz explains details on the simulation setup on his poster.
In his poster contribution, Lorenz showed his recently published results from Finite-Differences Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations and explained the workflow to incorporate these simulations results to feed Molecular Dynamics software on his poster “Non-adiabatic Molecular Dynamics Coupled to External Electromagnetic Field Simulations”.
From 4 to 15 September 2023, I participated in the 2023 European School on Magnetism (ESM 2023). The topic was “Nanomagnetism for emerging technologies”, and the school was held in a mixed format: both onsite in Madrid, Spain, and online. The online lectures and tutorials covered a wide range of topics from fundamentals of magnetism to advanced detection and fabrication techniques, as well as modern applications. I also used the chance to present our work online and was awarded a poster prize, which included a voucher for free attendance to the International Conference on Magnetism conference ICM2024 to be held in Bologna. I am looking forward to attending this conference, which would provide a great opportunity for further networking and sharing iStOMPS ideas among the magnetic community.