The Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Ultrafast light pulses can unravel and manipulate the hidden dynamics of cooperative systems, where interactions between microscopic degrees of freedom give rise to emergent, collective behavior. From light-induced phase transitions to the control of nonequilibrium many-body states, the past decade has seen remarkable advances in tracking, steering, and understanding these ultrafast phenomena with femto- and attosecond precision. Novel laser, X-ray, and electron-based techniques are now revealing how strongly correlated, topological and entangled systems evolve under extreme conditions, opening new frontiers in material control and fundamental physics. This seminar will bring together experimentalists and theorists exploring ultrafast-driven orders, dynamical phase transitions, and transient states in quantum and classical cooperative systems. Discussions will highlight cutting-edge spectroscopic and scattering probes, unconventional excitation protocols, and theoretical frameworks that push the limits of nonequilibrium science.
List of topics and keywords: Phenomena including superconductivity, ferroelectricity, cavity electrodynamics, entanglement and cooperativity in complex systems, nonlinear phononics, Floquet dynamics, spin dynamics, topological dynamics, control of dissipations. Methods including optical and terahertz spectroscopy, free electron laser-based techniques, high harmonic generation, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, attosecond pulse generation, electron and X-ray diffraction.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by November 2, 2025. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
