CLEO/QELS is presented by:
Symposia
Theodore Maiman Tribute Symposium: Invention and Demonstration of the World’s First Laser Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Hollow-Core Photonic-Crystal Fibers and Waveguides Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Nonlinear Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Biology Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Novel Resonators CLEO Symposium on Integrated Optical Isolators and Magneto-Optical Phenomena CLEO Symposium on Light Filaments and Light Propagation in Atmosphere QELS Symposium on Quantum Light-Matter Interfaces
Theodore Maiman Tribute Symposium: Invention and Demonstration of the World’s First Laser
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Reception to follow at 6:00 p.m.)
Organizers: Michael Barnoski, NanoPrecision Products, Inc., USA, Chair Anthony Siegman, Stanford Univ., USA Konstantin Vodopyanov, Stanford Univ., USA, CLEO Program Chair
In May of 1960, at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, the world’s first burst of light amplification by stimulated emission hit the laboratory wall. It was the result of the relentless, determined efforts of Theodore Maiman, the man who developed, demonstrated and patented the world’s first laser.
This symposium, organized as a tribute to Dr. Maiman, is intended to describe the events leading to the first laser and the pervasive impact it has had on all aspects of modern society. In its 47 years of existence, the laser has affected an enormously broad array of human endeavors from medicine, Ted’s passionate field of use, to consumer products like the laser pointer used in this symposium.
The OSA Foundation is sponsoring a reception following the symposium to announce the establishment of the Theodore Maiman Student Paper Award. This annual award recognizes the innovation and research excellence, in the areas of laser technology and electro-optics, of a student presenter at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS). This award is supported by HRL Laboratories, IEEE-LEOS and the APS Division of Laser Science. All symposium attendees are welcome to attend the reception.
Invited Speakers: The Man behind the First Laser, Kathleen Maiman
The Road to Ted Maiman's Ruby Laser, Jeff Hecht, Contributing Editor, Laser Focus World, and author Beam: The Race to Make the Laser, USA
Some Thoughts on 48 Years of Lasing, David Hanna, Univ. of Southampton, UK
Laser Applications in Medicine, Nicholas J. Razum, former Executive Director and Board of Directors, Western Inst. of Laser Treatment, USA
Wavelength Selective Absorption and Bio-Stimulation Effects of Laser Radiation in Medicine, Delwin McCarthy, DDS, Millennium Dental, USA
Reversal of Solar Skin Damage and Aging with Lasers, Gregory S. Keller, MD, FACS, Founder, Western Inst. for Laser Treatment, USA
Registration required.
View a Maiman Symposium video interview with Konstantin Vodopyanov, 2008 CLEO Program Co-Chair:
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Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Hollow-Core Photonic-Crystal Fibers and Waveguides
Organizers: Karl W. Koch; Corning Inc., USA Michael G. Raymer; Dept. of Physics and Oregon Ctr. for Optics, Univ. of Oregon, USA
Hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HCPCF) guide light through a hollow core surrounded by a photonic crystal structure. HCPCF filled with atomic or molecular gas renders measurable otherwise very weak spectral signatures. This symposium covers recent progress in the design, fabrication, and uses of HCPCF, with the intent to educate potential users to the opportunities and limitations of HCPCF, and to inform designers of HCPCF about potential applications. The symposium also covers non-fiber hollow-core waveguides, such as semiconductor anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROW), which offer the promise of integrated devices. HCPCF have been used for gas–laser interactions including low-threshold stimulated Raman scattering, electromagnetically induced transparency, gas sensors, and frequency references. Of interest is the ability to design the dispersive properties or losses of the waveguides, for optimizing nonlinear-optical processes. HCPCF can support guided cold atoms and compact atom interferometers. Atoms confined inside HCPCF or ARROW are promising for nonlinear optical interactions at extremely low light levels, with possible applications in quantum information science.
Invited Speakers: JFA1, Frequency and Wavelength Standards Based on Gas Filled HC-PBFs, Jan C. Petersen, Jan Hald; Danish Fundamental Metrology Ltd., Denmark.
JFC1, Nonlinear Optics in Gas-Filled Photonic Band-Gap Fibers, Alexander Gaeta; Cornell Univ., USA.
JFE1, Quantum Coherent Effects with Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers, Fetah Benabid, P. S. Light, F. Couny; Univ. of Bath, UK.
JFE3, Optical Guiding of Atoms through a Hollow-Core Photonic Band-Gap Fiber, Randall J. Knize, T. Takekoshi; Laser and Optics Res. Ctr., Dept. of Physics, US Air Force Acad., USA.
JFE4, Raman Amplification of Continuous-Wave Laser Emission in Hydrogen-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber, Kazuki Ihara, Shin-ichi Zaitsu, Totaro Imasaka; Kyushu Univ., Japan.
JFG3, Control of Surface Modes in Low Loss Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibers, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa1, Frederic Gerome1, Sergio G. Leon-Saval2, Neil G. R. Broderick3, Tim A. Birks1, Jonathan C. Knight1; 1Ctr. for Photonics and Photonics Materials, Univ. of Bath, UK, 2Optical Fibre Technology Ctr., Univ. of Sydney, Australia, 3Optoelectronics Res. Ctr., Univerisity of Southampton, UK.
JFG4, Realization of Low Loss and Polarization Maintaining Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fibers, Brian Mangan1, Jens K. Lyngsø1, Peter J. Roberts2; 1Crystal Fibre A/S, Denmark, 2Dept. of Communications, Optics and Materials, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark.
Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Nonlinear Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Biology
Organizers: Jerome Mertz, Boston Univ., USA Eric Potma, Univ. of California at Irvine, USA Changhuei Yang, Caltech, USA
Nonlinear optical techniques have equipped researchers with new tools for examining biological samples. The use of ultrafast pulses in multi-dimensional spectroscopy and coherent Raman spectroscopy have provided a closer look at the ultrafast dynamics and structure/function relationships of biological compounds. In combination with tight focusing, ultrafast lasers have also generated new imaging contrast mechanisms, such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, two-phonon absorption, sum frequency generation, and stimulated emission depletion, for the study of microscopic architecture, dynamics and composition of biological systems. In this symposium, the fields of nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy are combined to sketch a unifying picture of the significant impact of ultrafast technologies on biology.
Invited Speakers: JWC1, New Nonlinear Signatures in Spectroscopy and Imaging, Warren S. Warren, Martin Fischer, Dan Fu, Tong Ye, Ivan Piletic, Thomas Matthews; Duke Univ., USA.
JWC2, Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy, Ji-Xin Cheng1,2; 1Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue Univ., USA, 2Dept. of Chemistry, Purdue Univ., USA.
JWE1, Mid-IR Pulse Shaping for Enhanced 2-D IR Spectroscopy, Sang-Hee Shim, David B. Strasfeld, Yun L. Ling, Martin T. Zanni; Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, USA.
JWE2, Femtosecond Broadband Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy, Richard A. Mathies; Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA.
View the Nonlinear Optics in Biology Hot Topics page for more conference programming in this area and an interview with conference organizers on the topic.
Joint CLEO/QELS Symposium on Novel Resonators
Organizers: Markus Aspelmeyer, Inst. for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Acad. of Sciences, Austria Hui Cao, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern Univ., USA
An impressive array of advances in resonators has recently been made. The fast growing body of knowledge spearheads new fields of science and future technological impact. Examples span from novel applications for lasers and light sources across many fields of optics over mechanical high-precision measurements to new quantum phenomena and architectures. This symposium will bring together researchers of various fields to exchange ideas and discuss novel approaches to resonators. Topics to be covered include high-Q resonators; manifestation of radiation pressure in resonators; unstable resonators, such as chaotic and random cavities; novel quantum resonators, including micro- and nano-mechanical resonators, electro- and opto-mechanical resonators; superconducting striplines; subwavelength-scale resonators; micro-and nanocavities; and various external cavities.
Invited Speakers: JMA1, Quantum Information with Superconducting Qubits and Cavities, Raymond W. Simmonds; NIST, USA.
JMA2, Superconducting Microwave Cavities as Quantum Nanomechanical Transducers, Gerard J. Milburn1, M. J. Woolley1, A. C. Doherty1, K. C. Schwab2; 1Univ. of Queensland, Australia, 2Cornell Univ., USA.
JMA3, Coupling a Nanomechanical Resonator to a Cooper-Pair-Box Qubit, Matthew LaHaye1, Junho Suh1, Pierre Echternach2, Keith Schwab3, Michael Roukes1; 1Kavli Nanoscience Inst., Caltech, USA, 2Ctr. for Space Microelectronics Technology, JPL, USA, 3Dept. of Physics, Cornell Univ., USA.
JMB1, Title to Be Announced, Robert J. Schoelkopf; Yale Univ., USA.
JMD5, Resolved Sideband Laser Cooling of a Micro-Mechanical Oscillator, Albert Schliesser, Rémi Rivière, Georg Anetsberger, Olivier Arcizet, Tobias Kippenberg; Max-Planck-Inst. of Quantum Optics, Germany.
JMB2, Novel Nanophotonic Resonators: Opportunities and Challenges, Evelyn Hu1, Kevin Hennessy1,2, Antonio Badolato2, Chiou-Fu Wang1, Pierre M. Petroff1, Atac Imamoglu2; 1Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA, 2ETH, Switzerland.
JMC1, Silicon Micro-Resonators for On-Chip Optical Networks, Yurii A. Vlasov, Fengnian Xia, Solomon Assefa, William M. J. Green; IBM T.J. Watson Res. Ctr., USA.
JMC4, Vertical Integration of Ultrafast Semiconductor Lasers, B. Rudin, D. J. H. c. Maas, A.-r. Bellancourt, M. Golling, T. Südmeyer, Ursula Keller; Eidgenössische Technische Zurich, Switzerland.
JMD3, Cavity Opto-Mechanics, Kerry Vahala1, Tobias Kippenberg2; 1Caltech, USA, 2Max Planck Inst. für Quantenoptik, Germany.
View the Hot Topics page to watch a video interview with Aephraim Steinberg, QELS Program Co-Chair, discussing the 2008 program including his thoughts on novel resonators.
CLEO Symposium on Integrated Optical Isolators and Magneto-Optical Phenomena
Organizers: Paul Juodawlkis; MIT Lincoln Lab, USA Yoshiaki Nakano; Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Integrated optical isolators having small size, high isolation, and low loss are important to the realization of large-scale photonic integrated circuits containing optical emitters and gain elements. The goal of this symposium is to bring together researchers working on the development of these integrated isolators with researchers who are exploring fundamental aspects of non-reciprocal devices, magneto-optical phenomena, and waveguide polarization control. Topics to be included in this symposium include the physics of magneto-optics, magneto-optical material properties and growth, non-reciprocal waveguide device concepts and demonstrations, polarization manipulation in integrated photonics, and novel applications of integrated magneto-optics.
Invited Speakers: CThC1, Integrated Waveguide Optical Isolators: Principles and History, Tetsuya Mizumoto, Yuya Shoji; Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan.
CThC4, Low-Loss, InP-Based Integrated Optical Isolators, Wouter Van Parys1, D. Van Thourhout1, R. Baets1, B. Dagens2, J. Decobert2, O. Le Gouezigou2, D. Make2, R. Vanheertum3, L. Lagae3; 1 Dept. of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent Univ.-IMEC, Belgium, 2Alcatel Thales III-V Lab, France, 3Interuniversitair Micro Electronica Centrum (IMEC), Belgium.
CThM3, Use of Polarization in InP-Based Integrated Optics, J. J. G.m. van der Tol, L. M. Augustin, A. A. M. Kok, U. Khalique, M. K. Smit; Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands.
CThM4, Growth of Magneto-Optic Garnet Waveguides and Polarizers for Optical Isolators, Sang-Yeob Sung, Xiaoyuan Qui, Bethanie J. H. Stadler; Univ. of Minnesota, USA.
CLEO Symposium on Light Filaments and Light Propagation in Atmosphere
Organizers: Ludger Wöste, Freie Univ., Germany Patrick Rambo, Sandia Natl. Labs, USA
Topics include fundamental mechanisms of light filamentation such as optical self-trapping, self-focusing, multiphoton ionization, and additional wavelength generation mechanisms (Raman, continuum, four wave mixing, etc.); parametric dependencies of filamentation such as wavelength, pulsewidth, atmospheric constituency and pressure; and applications such as LIDAR, remote LIBS, remote THz generation, laser-triggered discharges, and directed energy transfer.
Invited Speakers: CWE1, What Is a Filament and Why Is It So Interesting? See Leang Chin; Laval Univ., Canada.
CWE3, Filamentation with Ultraviolet Pulses, Jean-Claude Diels, Alejandro Aceves, Xiaozhen Xu, Alexey Sukhinin, Oliver Chalus, Alain Bourdier; Univ. of New Mexico, USA.
CWE4, Filament Induced Electric Events in Thunderstorms, Jean-Pierre Wolf; GAP, Univ. of Genève, France.
QELS Symposium on Quantum Light-Matter Interfaces
Organizers: Julio Gea-Banacloche, Univ. of Arkansas, USA Atac Imamoglu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Alex Kuzmich, Georgia Tech, USA
Recently, there have been remarkable advances in the ability to couple stationary (e.g., atomic) and flying (optical) qubits. Such interconversion is a prerequisite for the construction of quantum memories and more generally for the construction of quantum repeaters and networks, but could also prove central to the development of “hybrid” quantum information technologies. In addition to memories and repeaters, these techniques promise improved sources of single photons, new schemes for quantum logic gates, and other exciting applications. In parallel, there has been rapid progress in the development of solid-state qubits, and new techniques will have to be developed to interface these qubits with other systems (e.g., optical, atomic). This symposium will address new advances and new challenges in this area, bringing together leading researchers from various fields to talk with each other about the latest ideas for making different qubits talk with each other as well.
Invited Speakers: QTuH1, Trapped Ion Quantum Networks, Christopher Monroe1,2, L.- M. Duan1,2, D. Matsukevich1,2, P. Maunz1,2, D. L. Moehring1,2, S. Olmschenk1,2; 1Joint Quantum Inst., USA, 2Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Maryland, USA.
QTuK1, Quantum Interface between Light and Matter: New Approaches and Applications, A. Akimov, M. Bajscy, D. Chang, E. Togan, J. Maze, A. S. Zibrov, Mikhail D. Lukin; Harvard Univ., USA.
QTuK4, Cavity QED with Single Atomic and Photonic Qubits, Gerhard Rempe; Max-Planck-Inst. for Quantum Optics, Germany.
View the Hot Topics page to watch a video interview with Aephraim Steinberg, QELS Program Co-Chair, discussing the 2008 program including his thoughts on quantum light-matter interfaces.
