Title: Newest trends in ultrafast photo-induced molecular dynamics

Speaker: Dr. Kanaka Raju Pandiri, Kansas State University, Kansas

Abstract: Recent progress in ultrafast lasers has provided us the opportunities to investigate the structure and dynamics of atomic and molecular systems at femtosec ond (quadrillionth of a second) time scales. This advancement gave birth to a Nobel-winning inter-disciplinary field known as “Ultrafast Science”. In this presentation, I will discuss state-of-the-art developments in ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet ultrafast light sources at James R. Macdonald Laboratory (JRML). I will also present the experimental studies carried out using these ultrafast light sources in combination with molecular fragmentation imaging technique (COLTRIMS) to probe the molecular dynamics of CO2 and O2 molecules.

Biography:
• Ph.D. in Physics from University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan (2011)

• Post-doctoral fellow with attosecond science research team, RIKEN center for advanced photonics, Japan (2011-2014)

• Visiting researcher with attosecond science research team, RIKEN center for advanced photonics, Japan (2014-2016)

• Research associate at James R. Macdonald laboratory (JRML), Kansas state university, USA (2014 onwards)