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General Conference Information
We look forward to seeing you at the 8th International Meeting on Hole Burning, Single Molecule, and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications (HBSM 2003). We currently have over 100 papers being presented by participants from USA, Taiwan(ROC), Czech Republic, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Russia, France, and Belarus. The strong program was developed by the
International Advisory and Program Committee and Local Organizing Committee
The HBSM Conference is held regularly to disseminate the latest developments in high-resolution optical spectroscopy of solids: spectral hole-burning, single molecule spectroscopy, photon echoes and related topics. The main conference themes include:
Hole-burning materials and mechanisms
Photon echoes and coherent transients
Photophysics and photochemistry
Single molecule detection and spectroscopy
Laser frequency stabilization to SHB references
Optical storage and signal processing
Dephasing and spectral diffusion
Time and space domain holography
Biological systems
Nanosystems and nano-optics
Multi-photon and nonlinear effects
Novel microscopies
The purpose of this international meeting is to draw together participants from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in the fundamental science and applications of site-selective spectroscopies, spectral hole burning and single molecule spectroscopy. Since the first meeting in Estonia (1987), the meeting has been held in California, Switzerland, Japan, Minnesota, France and Taiwan.
The 8th meeting will be held in Bozeman, Montana, in the Rocky Mountains. Bozeman has a strong optics industry and is a resort travel destination. Bozeman is a portal for travel to Yellowstone Park, Big Sky, and Western Montana.
The program will consist of invited and contributed talks and prominent posters. In addition to the poster session, posters will be displayed continuously during the whole meeting, enabling extensive opportunities for discussion. The conference will be preceded by a reception. A day-long tour of Yellowstone National Park, a western BBQ at Chico Hot Springs (bring swim suits), and other family activities will be included. Activities such as fly-fishing, golf, and river rafting are available at additional cost.
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Important dates in 2003
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Summary submissions due |
March 3 |
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Advance program on web site |
May 16 |
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Last date for discount hotel rate |
June 27 |
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Pre-registration ends |
July 1 |
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Post-deadline contributions due |
July 11 |
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Welcome Reception |
July 26 |
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HBSM 2003 Conference |
July 27 to 31 |
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Submissions to J. of Lum. due |
August 8 |
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Revised manuscript due |
September 15 |
Conference Program
Here is the tentative conference program for HBSM2003. It is nearly complete and confirmed, but it is still subject to change.
HBSM2003
Program (html format with links to papers)
HBSM2003
Program (pdf format without links)
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Conference Registration
Registration Fees
Regular
Participants: $475 before July 1, 2003, $550 after July 1, 2003
Student Participants: $325
before July 1, 2003, $375 after July 1, 2003
The registration fee includes
· Reception with light refreshments (Saturday, July 26)
· Breakfast, lunch and dinner and coffee breaks throughout conference (July 27-31)
· A tour of the MSU laboratories and Scientific Materials Corporation
· A tour of Yellowstone National Park (Tuesday, July 29)
· A Western BBQ dinner at Chico Hot Springs (Tuesday, July 29).
· The program booklet with all the accepted one-page summaries.
The registration fee does NOT include
· Lodging and Travel are not included in the registration fee.
· The conference proceedings (published in 2004) is not included in the registration fee but may be purchased separately for $50 at the time of registration. First authors of accepted proceedings manuscripts will received a free copy of the proceedings.
Conference registration along with discounted travel arrangements, discounted hotel reservations, and special activities will be handled by
Rocky
Mountain Destinations
1822 W. Lincoln, Bozeman, MT 59715
Tel. 888-995-3088 or 406-522-9038
FAX: 406-587-2451
Web link: http://mountaindestinations.com
AFTER reading the registration instructions below, please
Click here for Direct Link to Registration
Registration Instructions
Conference registration is separate from hotel reservations.
Under Registrant Information:
-Fill in all applicable fields.
-Under "number attending", enter 1 (for conference participant) plus
the number of guests. Please use a separate form for each participant
attending the conference.
Under Options:
-Enter a "1" into only
one of the first four "# attending" fields, depending on whether you
are a student or regular participant and on whether you register by or after
July 1, 2003.
-In the fifth "# attending" field, enter "1", unless you
can NOT make the tour of Yellowstone on Tuesday, July 29, 2003. Enter
"0" if you can't make it. Cost is included in registration.
-In the sixth and seventh "#attending" fields, enter number of adult
and children GUESTS that will be coming on the tour of Yellowstone. The
cost includes the dinner at Chico Hot Springs.
-In the last two fields, enter "1"'s if you would like to be
contacted by Mountain Destinations about airfare or area activities.
To register, please Click here for Direct Link to Registration
If you have trouble linking to or submitting the registration form via the web page, Click here for a PDF version of the registration form that you can print and fax to 406-587-2451.
If you do not receive a confirmation of your registration within one business day, please send an email to and to stating when you registered and that you did not get a confirmation.
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Travel and Lodging
Conference Hotel
1325 North
Seventh Ave.
Bozeman,
Montana 59715
Tel:
800-624-5865
Fax: 406-587-9437
Arrival in Bozeman &
Transportation
Please advise us of your Bozeman arrival times, flight numbers, and hotels, so that we can assure that sufficient and prompt transport is available from the Gallatin Field airport terminal to your hotel. Even if you are staying at the GranTree Inn, which has a free shuttle service, we need to know your plans to determine how many will arrive on each flight to ensure prompt service.
Sunday Brunch for Accompanying
Guests
A Sunday brunch for accompanying guests and families will be held at the GranTree Inn in the Atrium at 10:30 AM on Sunday. This will provide opportunities to get acquainted with others and to plan activities. If you have guests or family members who wish to attend this Brunch, free of charge, please let us know by email who will participate. Mail to:
Welcome Reception for Attendees
and Guests
There will be a welcoming reception Saturday night from 6pm-8pm at the GranTree Inn in the Foyer. You may also pick up registration packet at this time.
Conference Outing Tour of
Yellowstone Park and Western Bar-B-Q at Chico Hot Springs
For the Tuesday outing, the weather will likely to be hot and sunny but also may be cool and windy; bring a range of layered clothing for changeable conditions. Parts of Yellowstone are at high altitude. Swimwear is recommended for the hot pool at Chico; towels will be provided.
Weather in Montana in July
Montana is typically warm with low humidity and clear skies.
Web link: http://www.montana.edu/msuinfo/gen/wx/
http://www.montana.edu/msuinfo/gen/wx/wxzonetfx.html
http://www.montana.edu/msuinfo/gen/wx/wxroundup.html
Fishing, Riding, and other
Guided Activities
Rocky Mountain Destinations is making a variety of activities available to Conference participants, guests, and family members.
Tel. 888-995-3088 or 406-522-9038 FAX: 406-587-2451
Web link: http://mountaindestinations.com
Wireless Internet at GranTree
Wireless internet service is available at the GranTree Inn. Registered guests may check out cards for their notebook computers.
24-Hour Telephone Number
A twenty-four hour toll-free telephone number 1-888-995-3088 is available to Conference participants throughout the Conference. An operator can transfer you to an agent of Rocky Mountain Destinations in event of an emergency.
Hotel and Travel reservations
Rooms will be available at the conference hotel and other nearby motels. Discounted rooms are available at the conference hotel for $105 per night (single or double occupancy) by making reservations through Rocky Mountain Destinations via email, phone, or fax.
To make a hotel reservation at the conference hotel via email, send the following information to
1) Check-in date
2) Check-out date
3) Number of guests in the room
4) Credit card number (if you wish not to send your credit card via email, send above information and arrange to send credit card information by another means)
You will get a confirming email within one business day.
To make discounted hotel and travel reservations, please contact:
Rocky Mountain Destinations
1822 W. Lincoln, Bozeman, MT 59715
Tel. 888-995-3088 or 406-522-9038
FAX: 406-587-2451
http://mountaindestinations.com/
Jet service to Bozeman is accessible by United,
Alaska, Delta, and Northwest, each with several flights daily. Competition
for air travel space is intense at the time of HBSM 2003, so we urge you to
make your travel arrangements as soon as possible.
Activities such as fly-fishing, golf, and river rafting are available at additional
cost and can be arranged through Rocky
Mountain Destinations.
Applying for a U.S. VISA
We currently have HBSM2003 participants from USA, Taiwan(ROC), Czech Republic, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Russia, France, and Belarus.
For information on obtaining a visa to visit the U.S. click here for a link to the U.S. State Department.
http://travel.state.gov/visa;visitors.html
Another link on State Departments web site
http://travel.state.gov/nonimmigrantvisas
Visa Waiver Program
http://travel.state.gov/vwp.html
Requirements vary for obtaining visas, and the U.S. counselor office in your country can provide additional information.
If you need a letter of invitation stating the purpose of your trip, please provide the following information to . We will either mail or fax you a letter of invitation. In order to do this, we must have this information prior to July 18, 2003.
First Name
Last Name
Title
Affiliation or Employer
Address
Country
Telephone
Fax Number
E-mail address
Date you plan to depart the U.S.
Passport number
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Program Booklet
At the meeting you will receive a program booklet that includes all the accepted one-page summaries of talks and posters.
Talk Instructions
Talks are allotted in 20 and 30 minutes time slots. The 20 minute talks will have 17 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for questions. The 30 minute talks will have 26 minutes for presentation and 4 minutes for questions.
An overhead projector and a PC projector with a laptop will be available. If you need a slide projector, please let us know in advance. For the PC projector, you may bring your own laptop, send your talk in advance by email to (by 6PM the day before your talk), or bring your talk on disk (floppy, Zip, CD, or flashcard). Please check your equipment and/or your talks downloading well before the start of the session in which your talk is to be presented.
Poster Instructions
Posters will be on display throughout the meeting. Posters may be 4 feet [1.2 m] wide by 4 feet [1.2 m] tall. Pins will be provided.
Post-deadline contributions
Post-deadline contributions are welcomed for poster presentation. One or two may be considered for a brief talk. Send a one-page summary as an e-mail attachment directly to
The format for the one-page summaries is the same as in the Call for Papers (below). The final date for submission of post-deadline contributions is July 11, 2003.
Special issue of the Journal of Luminescence
The conference proceedings will be published as full-length reviewed papers in a special issue of Journal of Luminescence. The planned publication date is May 2004. Authors of all accepted summaries are encouraged to submit a manuscript for publication. The reported work should not be published or submitted elsewhere.
Authors wishing to submit a
manuscript should bring it with them to the meeting or submit it after the
meeting provided it is received no later than August 8, 2003; no
extensions can be granted beyond that date. Submissions sent after the meeting
should be sent by email in PDF (preferred) or MS Word format. The manuscript should comply with the
guidelines to authors at this web page:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/00222313
or in a recent copy of the journal.
Contributions for contributed papers are to be no longer than 6 journal pages and invited papers are to be no longer than 12 journal pages.
Reviews will be returned to authors by September 1, 2003, and final revisions are due back by September 15, 2003. This is a tight schedule to meet publishing deadlines in order to have the proceedings out in a timely fashion. Authors must be available by email during this time to ensure publication of their paper.
The first named or corresponding authors (please designate which) will receive a free copy of the special issue and 25 free reprints. Extra copies of the special issue may be ordered and pre-paid at the conference at a cost of 37 Euros each (dollar amount determined by exchange rate on July 25, 2003).
MORE DETAILS
Author Gateway
http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=505700&Precis=
There are two important popup windows linked from this page
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Guide for Authors
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Author Artwork
Guide for Authors
Original material.
Submission of a manuscript implies that it is not being simultaneously considered for publication elsewhere and that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication.
Types of contributions
Original research papers are welcome. They should contain an Abstract (of up to 200 words) and a Conclusions section, which, particularly in the case of theoretical papers ,translates the results into terms readily accessible to most readers.
Manuscript preparation
All manuscripts should be written in proper English. The paper copies of the text should be prepared with double line spacing and wide margins, on numbered sheets.
Structure.
Please adhere to the following order of presentation: Article Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Abstract, PACS codes and Keywords, Main Text, Acknowledgements, Appendices, References, Figure Captions, Tables.
Corresponding author.
The name, complete postal address, telephone and fax numbers and the E-mail address of the corresponding author should be given on the first page of the manuscript.
PACS codes / Keywords.
Please supply one to four classification codes, PACS and/or MSC keywords, and up to six keywords of your own choice that describe the content of your article in more detail.
References.
References to other work should be consecutively numbered in the text using square brackets and listed by number in the Reference list.
Illustrations
Illustrations should also be submitted in triplicate: one master set and two sets of copies. The line drawings in the master set should be original laser printer/plotter output or drawn in black India ink, with careful lettering, large enough (3-5 mm) to remain legible after reduction for printing. The photographs should be originals, with somewhat more contrast than is required in the printed version. They should be unmounted unless part of a composite figure. Any scale markers should be inserted on the photograph itself, not drawn below it.
Colour plates.
Figures may be published in colour, if this is judged essential by the editor. The publisher and the author will each bear part of the extra costs involved. Further information is available from the publisher.
AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Notification.
You will be notified by the Editor of the journal of the acceptance of your article.
Copyright transfer.
In the course of the production process you will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
Electronic manuscripts
The publisher welcomes the receipt of an electronic version of your accepted manuscript. If there is not already a copy of this (on diskette) with the journal Editor at the time the manuscript is being refereed, you are invited to send a file with the text of the accepted manuscript on diskette (allowed formats 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch MS-DOS, or 3.5 inch Macintosh) to the HBSM address.
Call for Papers (Deadline has past)
Here is a PDF version of Call for Papers. Please print and post. Please forward to others.
Please submit a one-page title and summary by March 3, 2003, following the directions on this web site.
ONE-PAGE TITLE AND SUMMARY
Please prepare a summary that fits completely onto a single 8.5”x11” page. Please follow these directions in preparing your one-page summary.
-Use 1” margins (top, bottom, and sides)
-Use at least 10 point font
-Include title, authors, and author affiliations
-Include phone, fax and email of first author.
-Include all text, equations, figures, tables, references, etc. on this one page.
However you care to fit your submission into the one-page format is fine. PDF is preferred, but you may also submit in MSWord. Each accepted summary will appear in program booklet exactly as formatted when submitted, assuming you upload *.pdf version.
When you are ready to submit, please click link below. You will be asked to enter presenter and author information, as well as session and presentation preference. You must enter author information on the submission page and include it in the one-page summary. You will receive a “summary received” email if the upload is successful.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO SUBMISSION PAGE
The conference program of talks and posters will be decided by the
International Program Committee
Authors will be notified by email of the status of their submission by May 5. The advance program will be on the web site on May 16. Accepted summaries will appear in the conference program booklet, which will be available at the registration desk. The conference proceedings will be comprised of full-length articles in a special issue of the Journal of Luminescence. Additional details regarding submission of the manuscripts will be emailed to authors of accepted summaries.
Contact Information
HBSM 2003
Physics Department
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana 58717-3840
Phone: (406) 994-3614
Fax: (406) 994-4452
Local Area Information
Local Events
Chalk on the Walk
Tuesday, July 30 from 10am-3:30pm
Decorate the sidewalks of
downtown Bozeman with your own artwork! Chalk on the Walk is a favorite way for
many festivalites, both children and adults, to express themselves during the
Festival of the Arts. Create your own artistic statement on Main Street between
Willson and Rouse. Chalk will be provided at Grand Ave. Christian Church, 110
S. Grand Ave., 9:30am-10am that morning.
Bite of Bozeman
Wednesday, July 31, 2003, Bozeman, MT
(406) 586-4003
Sweet Pea is once again excited to present the Bite of Bozeman. Join us on Main
Street Wednesday, July 31 at 6:30pm when friends, family and visitors mingle in
a casual atmosphere while enjoying a wonderful variety of cuisine from the
area’s finest restaurants and vendors. Come out and play while you fill your stomach
and tap your toes to the beat of the music on Main Street.
Park County Fair
July 30-August 2, 2003 Livingston, MT
(Half an hour drive away on I-90)
(406) 222-4185
Sweet Pea Festival
'03
August 1-3, 2003
Bozeman, Montana
The Sweet Pea Festival, now in its 26th year, takes its name from the Sweet Pea
carnivals held in Bozeman more than 80 years ago. The festival is a celebration
of the arts and includes a parade, arts and crafts sales, juried and open art
shows, children's activities, a flower show, dining on main street, theatre,
music and dance workshops and performances, and major evening concerts. Most
activities are located in Lindley Park at the east end of Bozeman's Main
Street. The Festival is supported by the sale of Sweet Pea buttons available
around town and at the gates, and is run and organized entirely by volunteers
in the community.
For more information contact:
(406) 586-4003
www.imt.net/~sweetpea
Montana
Magazine: Calendar of Events
Beware of distances, Montana is a big
state. Some events listed on their
web site are up to 8 hours drive from Bozeman.
Links
The following links will let you know more about MSU, Bozeman, and the surrounding area.
MSU campus map
The MSU Department of Physics
OpTeC, The Optical Technology Center at MSU
Montana State University
Bozeman area Links
Bozeman area info
Yellowstone National Park
More on Yellowstone National Park
Montana travel info
Museum of the Rockies
Map
of Area
Lei
Meng's photos of MSU, Bozeman, Yellowstone, and Montana
(Lei's photos above used with his permission, thanks!)
