Light Speed: Ultrafun with the Ultrafast.

You think Superman is fast? Well, can he do what Dr. Roger Falcone can do in a femtosecond? That's one millionth of a billionth of a second, and the timescale on which chemical bonds are formed (or broken). Dr. Falcone's current work focuses on the use of ultrafast pulses of x-ray and laser light to study phenomena in condensed matter, molecular, and atomic physics. Much of his recent work has been conducted at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) synchrotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

Doing hands-on activities with prisms, refracting gratings, and lasers not only helps you understand what Dr. Falcone is talking about, it's also a great way to have fun!

This event will be the 5th Annual Warren William Chupp Distinguished Lecture, presented by Lawrence Hall of Science and the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley.