Symposia
View Franz Kaertner, 2009 CLEO General Co-Chair, discussing the six Special Symposia featured at CLEO/IQEC. |
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Daniel Chemla Joint CLEO/IQEC Symposium: Coherent Interactions of Light and Condensed Matter
Organizers: Jacob Khurgin, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA; Theodore Norris; Univ. of Michigan, USA; Martin Wegener; Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
This symposium honors the work of Daniel Chemla (1940-2008) who was one of the true leaders in condensed matter opto-electronics. Chemla made seminal contributions in such diverse areas as nonlinear optics of organic molecules, excitonic phenomena in semiconductor heterostructures, ultrafast optics of semiconductors and many others. This symposium will bring together leading researchers in fields for which Chemla's work had enormous impact. They will give a historical perspective of significant developments in their fields, the current state of research, and also their personal reminiscences of Daniel Chemla.
Invited Speakers
JTuA1, From Molecular Nonlinear Optics to Nano-Biophotonics, Joseph Zyss; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France.
JTuA2, Bioimaging and the Inspiration of Daniel Chemla, Charles Shank; Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA.
JTuA4, Quantum Wells and Nanophotonics: Physics, Applications and Limits, David A. B. Miller; Stanford Univ., USA.
JTuC1, Excitons in the Family: Working with Daniel Chemla, Wayne H. Knox; Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA.
JTuC2, Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, Stephan W. Koch, M. Kira, J. T. Steiner, D. Golde; Philipps Univ. Marburg, Germany.
JTuC4, Coherence Control of Spin and Charge Currents, Henry M. van Driel; Univ. of Toronto, Canada.
Nanophotonics and Metamaterials Joint CLEO/IQEC Symposium
Organizers: Keren Bergman1, Sunao Kurimura2, Mikhail Noginov3, Martin Wegener4; 1Columbia Univ. USA, 2Natl. Inst. for Material Science, Japan, 3Norfolk State Univ., USA, 4Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
Nanophotonics and metamaterials are two interrelated hot research topics, which are particularly important because of their interesting physics and exciting applications, including ultra-fast and ultra-compact electronics and communication systems, imaging and sensing with sub-wavelength resolution, invisibility cloaking, and many more. The symposium will feature the best papers on nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics and metamaterials, which will be submitted to the corresponding CLEO and IQEC/QELS technical subcommittees.
Invited Speakers
JThA1, Coherent Metamaterials: From “Optical Ferromagnetism” to the Lasing Spaser, N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, Nikolay I. Zheludev; Univ. of Southampton, UK.
JThA3, Nanostructure-Based Optoelectronics and Plasmonics, Hongkun Park; Harvard Univ., USA.
JThC1, Non-Euclidean Ideas for Broadband Invisibility, Ulf Leonhardt1,2, Tomas Tyc1,3, Huanyang Chen4; 1Univ. of St. Andrews, UK, 2Natl. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, 3Masaryk Univ., Czech Republic, 4Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
JThC3, Diacritical Analysis of Light, Electrons, and Sound Scattering by Particles and Holes, Javier Garcia de Abajo; Inst. de Optica, Spain.
JThF1, Sub-Wavelength Imaging Using Infrared Metamaterials, Gennady Shvets¹, S. Trendafilov¹, H. Moussavi¹, A. Pena², A. A. Chabanov², J. B. Pendry³, A. K. Sarychev4; ¹Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA, ²Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, USA, ³Blackett Lab, Imperial College, UK, 4Inst. of Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian Federation.
JWC1, ‘Trapped Rainbow’ Schemes for Storing Light in Engineered Waveguides, Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, Ortwin Hess; Advanced Technology Inst., School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, Univ. of Surrey, UK.
JWE1, Negative Radiation-Pressure Response of a Left-Handed Plasmonic Metamaterial, Henri Lezec¹, Kenneth J. Chau1,2; ¹NIST, USA, ²School of Engineering, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada.
Slow/Fast Light and its Applications Joint CLEO/IQEC Symposium
Organizers: Jean Toulouse¹, Jacob Khurgin²; ¹Lehigh Univ., USA , ²Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
When light strongly interacts with a medium, as through a resonance, it can be slowed down. The phenomenon of slow light epitomizes some of the most basic elements of light-matter interaction. It also offers new ways to control the propagation of light. Many manifestations of Slow Light have now been reported, in media ranging from atomic vapors, through atomic resonances, to photonic crystal waveguides, because of resonances with a periodic structure, to optical fibers in the presence of Stimulated Brillouin or Raman Scattering. This symposium offers a look at what can be done with this new level of all-optical control of signals and images.
Tutorial Speaker
JTuB1, Capabilities and Limitations of Slow Light Optical Buffers: Searching for the Killer Application, Rodney Stuart Tucker; Univ. of Melbourne, Australia.
Invited Speakers
JTuE1, Slow and Fast Light in Optical Fibers: Review and Perspectives, Luc Thévenaz; Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
JTuE4, Slow and Stopped Images, John Howell; Univ. of Rochester, USA.
JTuF1, Slow Light in Dispersion-Engineered Photonic Crystal Waveguides, Thomas Krauss; Univ. of St. Andrews, UK.
JTuF4, Controlling the Speed of Light in Semiconductor Waveguides: Physics and Applications, Jesper Mørk¹, Weiqi Xue¹, Yaohui Chen¹, Søren Blaaberg¹, Salvador Sales², José Capmany²; ¹Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark, ²Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
10 Years of Frequency Combs CLEO Symposium
Organizer: Thomas R. Schibli; JILA, Univ. of Colorado, USA
Since the first demonstration of full phase stabilization of an optical frequency comb 10 years ago, we have experienced unprecedented developments in a large variety of disciplines ranging from fundamental science to commercial products. During these 10 years, optical clocks have advanced by nearly six orders of magnitudes, optical metrology now relies on a compact, phase stable link between optical and microwave domains, optical arbitrary waveform generation enables precise engineering of electromagnetic waves at hundreds of THz, and last but not least, optical frequency combs might help unravel the mysteries of dark energy. This symposium will provide a historical background of the development of this revolutionary technology as well as discuss emerging, interdisciplinary applications of frequency comb technology. This symposium will consist of invited and contributed papers. Submissions of contributed papers to CLEO SC14: Optical Metrology are strongly encouraged to be considered for inclusion in this symposium.
Tutorial Speaker
CMB1, Frequency Combs-At the Frontier of Precision Measurements, Theodor Hänsch; Univ. of Munich, Germany.
Invited Speaker
CMY1, 10 Years of Femtosecond Combs in Boulder, Steven Cundiff; JILA, NIST, Univ. of Colorado, USA.
Optofluidics for Biosensing and Analysis CLEO Symposium
Organizers: David Erickson¹, Holger Schmidt², Peter Domachuck³; ¹Cornell Univ., USA, ²Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, USA, ³Tufts Univ. USA
“Optofluidics” represents the marriage of optics and photonics with micro- and nanofluidics. While optical devices incorporating liquids as a fundamental part of their structure date back at least a few hundred years, recent advancements in small scale fluid dynamics have enabled entirely new approaches to these old ideas. Such integration allows for new approaches for: the dynamic manipulation of optical properties in photonic devices, ultra-precise biochemical detection and analysis, and single molecule biophotonics. The aim of the symposium will be to unite these fields and others related to biosensing and biophotonics into a single set of sessions. Submissions of contributed papers to CLEO SC10: Medical and Biological Applications are strongly encouraged to be considered for inclusion in this symposium.
Invited Speakers
CTuD1, Reconfigurable Photonic Crystal Circuits and Fibers Using Microfluidics, Benjamin J. Eggleton; Univ. of Sydney, Australia.
CTuM1, Optofluidic Fabrication of Functional Particles with Controlled Sizes, Shapes and Structures, Seung-Man Yang, Shin-Hyun Kim, Seung-Kon Lee, Hyo Sung Park; KAIST, Republic of Korea.
CTuU1, Functional Measurement of Biological Parts, Matthew Lang; MIT, USA.
High Power Solid-State Lasers CLEO Symposium
Organizers: Ingmar Hartl¹, Hagop Injeyan²; ¹IMRA America Inc. USA, ²Northrop Grumman Corp, USA
Solid state lasers in both bulk and fiber form have made dramatic recent advances in average power and brightness, opening the door for exciting new applications. Recognizing that the concept of high power varies for lasers using different architectures and operational formats, the Symposium showcases work from groups that have achieved record performance over the entire spectrum of fiber and bulk solid state lasers ranging from femtosecond operation to CW. Submissions of contributed papers to CLEO SC 2: Solid-State, Liquid and Gas Lasers and SC11: Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices are strongly encouraged to be considered for inclusion in this symposium.
Invited Speakers
CThA1, 100 kW Coherently Combined Slab MOPAs, Stuart J. McNaught, Hiroshi Komine, S. Benjamin Weiss, Randy Simpson, Adam M. F. Johnson, Jason Machan, Charles P. Asman, Mark Weber, Gina C. Jones, Marcy M. Valley, Andrew Jankevics, David Burchman, Michael McClellan, Jeff Sollee, Jay Marmo, Hagop Injeyan; Northrop Grumman Corp., USA.
CThA2, Physics of High Performance Yb:YAG Thin Disk Lasers, Petras V. Avizonis¹, David J. Bossert¹, Mark S. Curtin¹, Alexander Killi²; ¹Boeing Co., USA, ²Trumpf GmbH, Germany.
CThA3, Power Scaling of SM Fiber Lasers toward 10kW, Michael O'Connor, V. Gapontsev, V. Fomin, M. Abramov, A. Ferin; IPG Photonics Corp., USA.
CThJ1, High Time for Fibers-Towards kW Class Laser Systems with GW Peak Power, Fabian Röser, Tino Eidam, Jan Rothhardt, Steffen Hädrich, Damian Nikolaus Schimpf, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tünnermann; Univ. Jena, Germany.
CThJ3, Femtosecond High-Power Thin Disc Laser Oscillators, Thomas Dekorsy¹, Joerg Neuhaus¹, Dominik Bauer1,2, Christoph Scharfenberg², Jochen Kleinbauer², Alexander Killi², Sascha Weiler², Dirk H. Sutter²; ¹Univ. Konstanz, Germany, ²TRUMPF-Laser GmbH + Co. KG, Germany.
CThJ4, High-Average-Power Cryogenically-Cooled Picosecond Yb:YAG Amplifier Seeded by a Fiber CPA System, Kyung-Han Hong¹, Juliet Gopinath², Aleem Siddiqui¹, Jeffrey Moses¹, Chien-Jen Lai¹, John Hybl², Tso Yee Fan²; ¹MIT, USA, ²MIT Lincoln Lab, USA.
CThR1, 2.3 kW Cryogenically Cooled Yb:YAG Laser, Jason K. Brasseur, Akheelesh K. Abeeluck, Andrew R. Awtry, Lei S. Meng, Kevin E. Shortoff, Nicholas J. Miller, Richard K. Hampton, Michael H. Cuchiara, David K. Neumann; Directed Energy Solutions, USA.