Information
2nd International Workshop on Probing Matter with Advanced Light Sources will bring together international experts and materials researchers to discuss how advanced light–source techniques can reveal the electronic, chemical, and structural properties of matter.
The workshop will cover resonant inelastic X–ray scattering, photoelectron spectroscopy, quantum chemical calculations, and related approaches, with a focus on their applications to nanomaterials and future materials science. By connecting spectroscopy, theory, and materials research, the workshop aims to identify new research opportunities and promote international collaborations centered on NanoTerasu and other advanced light–source facilities.
Date
Thursday, July 30, 2026 – Saturday, August 1, 2026 (JST)
Venue
July 30, 2026
Main Symposium: SRIS Building, Entrepreneur Hall, Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Welcome Reception: Midori Dining Hall, Aobayama Commons [Access]
July 31, 2026
Main Symposium: ESPACE (Seminar Space), Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Banquet: Restaurant “Hagi” [Access]
Capacity
Onsite: 60 (First–come–first–serve basis, registration required)
Invited Speakers
Hendrik Bluhm (Fritz Haber Institute)
James Cryan (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Davide Faccialà (Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies of the Italian National Research Council (IFN–CNR))
Heide Ibrahim (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
Ryuhei Kohno (Tohoku University)
François Légaré (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
Daniel Rolles (Kansas State University)
Daniela Rupp (ETH Zürich)
Bruno E. Schmidt (Few–Cycle Inc.)
Thorsten Schmitt (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Stephan Thürmer (Kyoto University)
Ryu Yukawa (Tohoku University)
Akira Yoko (Tohoku University)
Registration
Registration deadline: Friday, July 3, 2026, 17:00 (JST) → Friday, July 10, 2026, 17:00 (JST)
*Registration deadline has been extended.
To participate in the event, please register via the form below:
Registration Form
Time Schedule
- Thursday, July 30, 2026 at SRIS Building, Entrepreneur Hall, Aobayama Campus
- 09:50 – 10:00
- Opening Remarks
- Session 1: Laser Science
- 10:00 – 10:45
- IL1: Francoise Legare (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
- High-power laser science at the Advanced Laser Light Source
- 10:45 – 11:30
- IL2: Heide Ibrahim (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
- Title: TBA
- 11:30 – 13:00
- Lunch
- 13:00 – 13:45
- IL3: Bruno E. Schmidt (Few–Cycle Inc.)
- The Hyper Spectral Ultrafast Source - HYPUS
- 13:45 – 14:30
- IL4: Davide Faccialà (IFN–CNR)
- Probing femtosecond-to-attosecond dynamics in matter with high-harmonic generation and free-electron laser sources
- Session 2: X–ray Spectroscopy
- 14:30 – 15:15
- IL5: Thorsten Schmitt (Paul Scherrer Institute)
- Spin-orbital excitations encoding the magnetic phase transition in the van der Waals antiferromagnet FePS3
- 15:15 – 15:45
- Coffee break
- 15:15 – 15:45
- IL6: Stephan Thürmer (Kyoto University)
- Liquids from the Perspective of Photoelectrons: Scattering and Interfacial Properties
- 15:45 – 16:30
- IL7: Ryu Yukawa (Tohoku University)
- Title: TBA
- 16:30 – 17:15
- IL8: Ryuhei Kohno (Tohoku University)
- Title: TBA
- 18:00 – 20:00
- Reception Party @ Aobayama Commons
- Friday, July 31, 2026 at ESPACE (Seminar Space), Katahira Campus
- Session 3: Ultrafast Science
- 10:00 – 10:45
- IL9: James Cryan (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
- Title: TBA
- 10:45 – 11:30
- IL10: Daniel Rolles (Kansas State University)
- Imaging Ultrafast Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics in Gas-Phase Molecules
- 11:30 – 13:00
- Lunch
- 13:00 – 13:45
- IL11: Hendrik Bluhm (Fritz Haber Institute)
- Uptake and Release of Trace Gases at Liquid-Vapor Interfaces Investigated by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- 13:45 – 14:30
- IL12: Daniela Rupp (ETH Zürich)
- Tracking ultrafast electron dynamics in individual nano-samples with Coherent Diffractive Imaging
- 14:30 – 15:15
- IL13: Akira Yoko (Tohoku University)
- Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis of ultrasmall metal oxide particles
- 15:15 – 17:00
- Discussion and Closing Remarks
- 18:00 – 20:00
- Banquet @ Restaurant Hagi
- Saturday, August 1, 2026
- 09:00 – 15:00
- Excursion to Matsushima
*Please note that the end time and other details are subject to change.
Co–hosted by
International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University
Contact
Email: tfc_pg*grp.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)