Plenary Session

2013 Plenary Speakers

View 2012 Plenary Presentations

View 2011 Plenary Presentations

2013 Plenary Speakers 

	Tuesday, 11 June Paul Corkum, Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory,  University of Ottawa and National Research Council, Canada CLEO: Science & Innovations Biography: Paul Corkum received his B.Sc. (1965) degree in Physics from Acadia University (Nova Scotia) and completed his Master's degree (1967) and Ph.D. (1972) at Lehigh University. After a year at Lehigh as a postdoctoral researcher, he moved to the National Research Council in Ottawa. In 1990 he formed the Femtosecond Science Group within NRC’s Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences. Over the next 17 years he led the group to world leadership in the field. In 2008 he was named a Canada Research Chair of Attosecond Photonics at the University of Ottawa and appointed Director of the Joint NRC/University of Ottawa Laboratory for Attosecond Science. He holds adjunct professorships at McMaster University, the University of British Columbia and Texas A and M University. Abstract: Attosecond Photonics I will show how attosecond pulses are formed and how they can be measured during production (in-situ) or after they have left the nonlinear medium (ex-situ).  Through examples, I will illustrate that attosecond technology includes, but extends beyond, ultrafast measurement.
	Tuesday, 11 June Stephen Harris, Stanford University, USA CLEO: QELS- Fundamental Science Biography: Steve Harris received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959. After a year at Bell Telephone Laboratories, he attended Stanford University and received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1961 and 1963. Since 1963 he has been on the faculty of Stanford University where he is now Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics (Emeritus).    His research work has been in the fields of lasers, quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, and atomic physics. Some of his (and students and colleagues) inventions and contributions include: the FM laser, observation of parametric fluorescence, the tunable acousto-optic filter, VUV generation in phase matched metal vapors, experiments demonstrating laser induced collisions, generation of femtosecond MEV x-rays, a 41.8 nm laser, an early paper on lasers without inversion, the observation of electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light, the use of molecular modulation for generating a single cycle optical pulse, and more recently, the development of techniques for generating and modulating single photons.   Professor Harris was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1977, to the National Academy of Sciences in 1981, and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. His awards include the 1978 David Sarnoff Award of the IEEE, the 1999 Frederic Ives Medal of the Optical Society of America, the 2002 (APS) Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, and the 2008 Harvey prize in Science and Technology. Abstract: Parametric Down Conversion Over Fifty Years: From Microwaves to X-rays First predicted as a noise source for microwave parametric amplifiers, parametric down conversion (fluorescence) has become a primary source for generating entangled photons and, more recently, is emerging as a technique for x-ray diagnostics.
	Wednesday, 12 June Kumar Patel, Pranalytica, Inc., USA CLEO: Applications & Technology Dr. C. Kumar N. Patel is the president and CEO of Pranalytica, a Santa Monica based company that develops and manufactures leading edge quantum cascade lasers and laser systems and high sensitivity sensors for the detection of chemical warfare agents, explosives and industrial and environmental pollutants.   He is the inventor of the carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and the Spin-Flip Raman lasers. He pioneered the use of these and other lasers to measure trace gases in difficult environments. He was at AT&T (now Lucent Technologies) Bell Laboratories for thirty-two years and was Executive Director of the Physics Division and of the Materials Research Division. From 1993 to 1999 he was the Vice Chancellor for Research at UCLA.  He is currently a Professor of Physics & Astronomy at UCLA.   Dr. Patel was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1974 and the National Academy of Engineering in 1978. He received the National Medal of Science given by the President of the United States in 1996. In recognition of the CO2 laser's importance to the medical field, he has been elected as an Honorary Member of the Gynecologic Laser Surgery Society in 1980 and in 1985 he was elected an Honorary Member of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. He was inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2012. He serves on the Board of Directors of Newport Corporation. Abstract: QCLs Revolutionizing MWIR and LWIR Applications QCLs, operating at room temperature, converting electrical power directly into laser radiation and providing CW powers in excess of 4 W, have revolutionized laser applications in the MWIR and LWIR regions. Applications include infraredspectroscopy, protection of aircraft from shoulder fired missiles, target illumination, IR beacons, and high sensitivity detection of chemical warfare agents and explosives.

Watch the plenary sessions and presentations from CLEO: 2012

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Nonlinear Optics: Past Successes and Future Challenges
CLEO: Science & Innovations
Robert W. Boyd, University of Ottawa, Canada and University of Rochester, USA
View the presentation slides

Development of nonpolar and semipolar InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and Laser Diodes
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Steven Denbaars, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
View the presentation slides

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Time-Reversed Waves and Subwavelength Focusing
CLEO: QELS – Fundamental Science
Mathias Fink, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI), France
View the presentation slides

Silicon Integrated Nanophotonics: Road from Scientific Explorations to Practical Applications
CLEO: Science & Innovations
Yurii A. Vlasov, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA
View the presentation slides

---

Watch the plenary sessions and presentations from CLEO: 2011

Introduction by Kaoru Minoshima, CLEO: 2011 Science & Innovations General Co-Chair

James Fujimoto, MIT, USA
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Presentation: Medical Imaging Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Introduction by Tim Carrig, CLEO: 2011 Applications & Technology General Chair

Mordechai (Moti) Segev, Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Israel
CLEO: QELS – Fundamental Science
Presentation: Anderson Localization of Light (PDF)

Introduction by Vladimir Shalaev, CLEO: QELS – Fundamental Science General Co-Chair

Susumu Noda, Kyoto University, Japan
CLEO: Science & Innovations
Manipulation of Photons by Photonic Crystals: Recent Progress and New Trends

Presentation video and slides not available.