NATO Advanced Research Workshop
Magneto-Optical Imaging
28-30 August 2003
Øystese, Norway

Over the last decade the experimental abilities to directly visualize the static and dynamical magnetic behavior of materials have advanced enormously. To a large extent this is due to the progress in magneto-optical imaging based on the extreme Faraday effect in certain ferrite garnet films. The aim of the Workshop is to gather for the first time the researchers using magneto-optical imaging as a tool to characterize superconductors and magnetic materials. Both new scientific results and progress in methodology will be discussed.

Scope:    
  • Magneto-optical imaging of superconductors
  • Magneto-optical imaging of magnetic materials
  • Indicator films for magneto-optical imaging

Proceedings

Proceedings of the Workshop are published by Kluwer:
NATO SCIENCE SERIES II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Volume 142, ”Magneto-Optical Imaging”, Eds. T.H.Johansen and D.V.Shantsev, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-1997-1, May 2004, 360 pages.

Table of Contents (PDF)

The Proceedings at the Kluwer web-page



Pictures

All Pictures from the Workshop including Boat trip, Glacier tour, and Other pictures

Participants of Magneto-optical Imaging Workshop in Norway

Venue


 		 The Workshop was held on August 28–30, 2003, at Hardangerfjord Hotell in Øystese, 85 km from Bergen, the capital of fjords.

The hotel is located by the Hardanger fjord, a most beautiful place in Norway, see the map

Social Events



Co-Directors

Program Committee

  • Tom H. Johansen (Norway)
  • Mikhail Indenbom (Russia)
  • Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov (USA)
  • Cornelis J. van der Beek (France)

Local Organizing Committee

  • Michael Baziljevich
  • Daniel V. Shantsev

Co-sponsoring organizations

University of Oslo,
Department of Physics,
FUNMAT@UiO

Links

Popular Magneto-optical Imaging of Superconductors
The NATO Science Programme
Hardangerfjord Hotell
Maps of the area

Contact

Prof. Tom H. Johansen
Department of Physics, University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1048, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 22856481
Fax:   +47 22856422
E-mail: t.h.johansen@fys.uio.no
Web: http://www.fys.uio.no/super/moiw/
 



Key Speakers

Speaker Affiliation Title of contribution (tentative)
van der Beek C. J. Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France Vortex lattice melting under geometrical constraints: where does the flux go?
Bending, S. Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK Comparison of Magneto-Optical Imaging with other Local Magnetic Probes
Doetch, H. Department of Physics, Universitet Osnabrueck, Germany Optimization of magnetic garnet films for MOI of magnetic field distributions
Indenbom, M. Institute for Solid State Physics RAS, Chernogolovka, Russian Federation Magneto-optical "lock-in" and studies of superconductors and magnetic materials in alternating magnetic fields
Johansen, T. H. Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway MOI with individual vortex resolution
Jooss, Chr. Institut für Materialphysik, Göttingen, Germany New frontiers of quantitative MOI: Flux, Current and Electric field imaging in HTS
Koblischka M.R. Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany MOI of granular and structured high-Tc superconductors
Leiderer, P. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Germany Ultrafast MOI of flux avalanches
Nikitenko, V.I. Institute for Solid State Physics RAS, Chernogolovka, Russian Federation MOI of the elementary events of magnetization reversal in quasi-2D nanostructured materials
Polyanskii, A. Applied Superconductivity Center, University of Madison, Wisconsin, USA MOI investigations of superconducting materials
Vlasko-Vlasov, V. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA Magneto-optical imaging of Josephson vortices in layered superconductors
Welp, U. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA Magnetic Structures and Phase Transitions in Magnetic Semiconductors
Wijngaarden, R.J.    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands MOI of pattern formation in the vortex landscape
Yeshurun Y. Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel MOI of transient vortex states in superconductors
Zeldov E. Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Differential magneto-optical studies of vortex matter

Workshop Format

Invited talks: 25 min + 5 min for questions, contributed talks: 15 min + 5 min for questions.

There will be a beamer (LCD projector) and an overhead projector available. You may either bring your laptop computer, or bring a CD and borrow a laptop from the Organizing Committee (with Microsoft Windows and Powerpoint), or bring conventional foils (transparencies).

The poster boards are 88 cm wide, 118 cm high. All posters will be mounted during two poster sessions on the 28th and 29th. Three best posters will be awarded.



Buses from Bergen to Hardangerfjord Hotel in Øystese

We have ordered 2 special buses on Wednesday 27th, and their schedule is as follows:
Bus #1 departs from Bergen airport (Flesland) at 16:15, (it waits for flight KL1189 even if slightly delayed).
Bus #2 departs from Bergen airport at 22:30, (it waits for flight SK864).

Both buses will go to the hotel via Bergen city, to pick up participants arriving by train or boat, or if they came by plane and chose to see some of the city rather than wait at the airport. In the city, both buses will stop outside the main entrance of the Railway Station. To get to the exact spot, turn LEFT when you go OUT of the entrance, and walk some 20 meters, see the Bergen map.
Bus #1 departs from the Railway Station at 16:45
Bus #2 departs from the Railway Station at 22:50
The buses are recognized by their blue color, the name of the company "Turistbuss Bergen", and a logo representing the Workshop.

If you prefer to take public bus to Øystese, take either bus 925 or bus 181. They depart from Bergen center (bus station called "Bystasjonen") at 7.30, 9.30, 11.30, 13.30, 14.30, 15.30, 16.30, 17.30, 19.30 and 21.30. The bus costs approximately 15 EUR, and the trip takes 1h40m. You should use exit 4 from the bus station.

More travel information

Travel via Oslo
You might find it more convenient to fly to Oslo, and then come to Bergen by train. Information about Oslo-Bergen trains can be found at www.nsb.no, where you can also book tickets. The journey takes approximately 7 hours, the departure times from Oslo are 6.11, 8.11, 10.43, 16.11 and 23.11. One way ticket costs approx. 80 EUR. You may also combine this trip with enjoying beautiful scenery of Norway on a boat trip along the Sognefjord and the breathtaking Flåm railway, if you buy Norway in a Nutshell tour. The journey will then take 14 hours.
Links
 Trains in Norway: www.nsb.no
Buses in Norway: Norway Bussekspress, Hardangerbussen
Driving directions in Norway: Norguide

Visa

Norway is a schengen state. Nationals from the countries not included in this list need a visa to enter Norway. The application form in Word format is available online.

Registration Fee

There is only a small fee to finance local transportation and social events around 500 NOK (approx. 60 EUR) for every participant and adult accompanying person. If you bring an accompanying person and you together occupy one double room, the additional cost is 790 NOK per night with all meals included. If lunch is skipped the price becomes 545 NOK.


Glacier Tour

 One of the excursions is a visit to the Folgefonna glacier, where qualified guides and a magnificant scenery will hopefully make this a memorable event. For the memory to be positive (and not the opposite), it is essential to wear proper clothing. What is actually proper will depend on your choise of activity once we get (by bus) to the foot of the glacier. If the weather is fine we will be given 2 options;

1) if you are happy just to WATCH the beauty of the blue ice, inhale the impressions of being close to this wild thing and even touch it, your clothing is not so important. If you feel cold, you can always escape into the cafeteria there, where a glacier expert is going to give a lecture for us.

2) Those who want to WALK on the glacier (with professional guide) have to take on warm underwear plus an outer layer of windtight clothes. (applies actually to all who want to stay outdoor most of the time) Bring also a cap (ears covered) or ear muffs for the head, and warm socks for the feet. For the glacier walking, the shoes must have ankle support, e.g., as on mountain hiking shoes (standard jogging shoes are not sufficient). The guides will provide such strong shoes, but they do not have enough for all of us. Therefore, those of you who already have proper shoes should bring them along. All other equipment (metal spikes for the shoes, ropes, walking sticks etc.) will be provided on the site.

The tour will start at 12.00 on Saturday the 30th.