Scope

In the research field of solid state optics, problems related to cooperative phenomena transitions, triggered by photo-excitation, have attracted considerable interest especially those in the photo-induced phase. To illustrate the scope of this developing field, including new observation techniques, the 1st and 2nd International Conferences on Photo-Induced Phase Transitions (PIPT) were organized in 2001 by Professor Keiichiro Nasu in Tsukuba (Japan), and then in 2005 by Professors Herve Cailleau and Professor Tadeusz Luty in Rennes (France).

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference, funded as Yamada Conference LXIII, which will take place in Osaka from 11th to 15th of November 2008. During this conference, both experimental and theoretical perspectives will be applied to discussions on the following topical problems:

  1. Photo-induced, structural phase transitions: their dynamics and precursor phenomena, including new investigative methods such as time-resolved X-ray techniques.
  2. Photo-induced magnetic, dielectric and electronic phase transitions and their dynamics in organic and inorganic materials.
  3. Strongly collective and nonlinear phenomena in photoexcited states, including excitons and cooperative photo-reactions in condensed phase.

Shin-ya KOSHIHARA

Chairman of the organizing committee of the 3rd conference on PIPT phenomena and Yamada Conference LXIII