The 1st International Conference on Scientific Opportunities with Advanced Attosecond Lasers
The First International Conference on Scientific Opportunities with Advanced Attosecond Lasers SOAL-2022, co-organized by the Institute of Physics (IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS, and Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, was held at the International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Community in Dongguan from January 16 to 18, 2022. The online and offline Conference invited more than 150 experts from 12 countries. More than 17,000 people attended the Conference through live broadcast.
This Conference was chaired by Academician Fang Zhong, Director of IOP CAS, Prof. Wei Zhiyi of IOP CAS, and Prof. Zhao Wei, President of the CAS Xi'an Branch. During the three-day conference, 58 experts made keynote reports on important progress and achievements related to ultrafast and attosecond technology. They carried out in-depth discussions and exchanges on hot research directions, development trends and future challenges in the field of attosecond laser science and application from multiple dimensions and perspectives.
Fang Zhong and Zhao Wei delivered opening speeches. Internationally renowned experts in attosecond ultrafast science, such as Canadian Prof. Paul Corkum, American Prof. Louis DiMauro and Prof. Hrvoje Petek, and Japanese Prof. Kazuhiro Yabana, delivered speeches and made important suggestions on the future development of attosecond science and highlighted the pioneering and innovative nature in the continuous development of attosecond science and technology before. In addition, other experts in attosecond field, such as German Prof. Marc Vrakking, Swedish Prof. Anne L' Huillier, Swiss Prof. Hans Worner, French Prof. Pascal Salières and Dr. Balázs Major from Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS), made keynote speeches. The Conference received wide support and responses from domestic experts in this field. Experts from relevant institutes of CAS and universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University also reported on the important achievements and progress made by Chinese scientists in this field. They demonstrated China's contribution and potential to the development of attosecond science and technology through online communication with international peer experts. At the end of the Conference, Prof. Meng Sheng from IOP CAS summarized the generation of attosecond technology and its application in matter sciences.
The rapid development of ultrafast physics and experimental techniques has made it possible to detect the real-time multibody dynamics of electron atoms in the matter on the attosecond and femtosecond scale, which can be applied in physics, chemistry, materials, life sciences, among other fields in the future. Advanced attosecond laser devices combining ultrafast terahertz and X-rays will provide scientists with ultra-high time resolution for comprehensively probing into the microdynamic properties of matter to reveal its structure and dynamical processes at the attosecond/nanometer spatial and temporal scales. Given the restrained international exchanges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this Conference has provided an important communication platform for experts in ultrafast science and materials science to explore innovative scientific and technological issues using advanced attosecond lasers. It has also provided an opportunity for outstanding young talent in the field to show their research results.
The Conference was supported by Dongguan Municipal People's Government and Songshan Lake Administrative Committee.
2024年7月2日至6日，由中国科学院物理研究所、中国科学院西安光学精密机械研究所和松山湖材料实验室联合主办的第二届“先进阿秒激光科学与应用”国际会议（The Second International Conference on Scientific Opportunities with Advanced Attosecond Lasers, SOAL-2024）在松山湖材料实验室成功举办，来自9个国家的110余位专家及学生参加了本次会议，共同探讨阿秒激光科学的前沿问题和应用前景。
会议开幕式由中国科学院物理研究所研究员孟胜主持，中国科学院物理研究所所长方忠、广东省东莞市政府副市长黎军、中国科学院西安光学精密机械研究所研究员赵卫分别致辞，向参会人员表示热烈欢迎。方忠首先回顾了阿秒科学中心的成立背景，指出依托中心建设的先进阿秒激光设施将为多个前沿科学领域提供前瞻性研究支撑，极大带动应用研究和前沿技术的发展，本次会议的举办旨在为来自不同国家的顶尖专家和研究学者搭建阿秒激光科学的国际学术交流合作平台。随后，黎军在致辞中介绍了东莞“科技创新+先进制造”的城市特色，激光是东莞着力发展的新兴产业，她表示希望通过本次会议，进一步深化东莞与国内外科研机构、高校的合作，共同推动超快科学和阿秒激光技术的研究与应用。紧接着，赵卫代表主办单位西光所发言，他强调阿秒激光不仅在物理学中是研究微观世界的重要工具，同时也极大推动了材料、化学、生物等领域电子尺度下物质演化机理的研究，希望会议能够促进国内外专家学者更多的合作机会，共同为阿秒激光科学的发展作出更大贡献。
本届会议得到了国内外科研机构、高校的广泛支持和响应，共有33位国内外知名专家作主题报告，并有5位学者和研究生作短报告，围绕阿秒科学技术、超快现象和动力学、先进激光器、超快太赫兹光谱和光子学等领域介绍了最新的研究进展和成果。会议邀请了欧洲ELI-ALPS阿秒光源的Subhendu KAHALY研究员、Tamás Csizmadia研究员、József András FÜLÖP教授，瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院的Hans Jakob Wörner教授，日本东京大学的Jiro Itatani教授，德国马克斯-普朗克研究所的Alexander Weigel研究员，法国巴黎萨克雷大学的BOUTU Willem研究员，意大利博洛尼亚大学的Francesco Segatta助理教授，香港大学的Tran Trung LUU助理教授等多位国际阿秒专家介绍其前沿研究进展；此外，来自中国科学院相关研究所以及清华大学、复旦大学、浙江大学等高校的专家也介绍了在该领域所取得的显著成果，充分展示了我国科学家对于阿秒科学技术发展的重大贡献及其对科技创新的持续努力与卓越成就。与会人员在为期五天的会议中深入探讨了阿秒激光科学与应用领域的重点研究方向、未来趋势和挑战。
会议最后由中国科学院物理研究所赵昆研究员致闭幕词，总结了本届会议的精彩报告和丰硕成果，他表示希望即将建设的先进阿秒激光设施能够为国内外科学家提供全面洞察物质微观动力学特性的新机遇，也希望未来每一届会议能够成为各国科学家保持长期学术交流合作的桥梁，共同推动阿秒激光科学与应用的发展。
