Special Symposia
Advances in Extreme UV Science and Applications
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizer:
Patrick Naulleau, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Jorge Rocca, Colorado State, USA
Michael Goldstein, Intel and SEMATECH, USA
Invited Speakers:
High Power EUV LPP, Danny Brown, Cymer, USA
Development of a Coherent EUV Scatterometry Microscope, Hiroo Kinoshita, University of Hyogo, Japan
Metrology Sources for EUV Lithography, Steven Home, Energetiq, USA
Probing of Atomic and Molecular Dynamics with Attosecond EUV Pulses, Stephen Leone, Univ. of California Berkeley, USA
Biological Microscopes, Arno Merkle, Xradia, USA
Coherent eUV High Harmonic Sources for Applications in Imaging, Margaret Murnane, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, USA
High Average Power, 100Hz Repetition Rate, Table-top EUV/Soft X-ray Lasers, Brendan Reagan, Colorado State Univ., USA
The need for shorter wavelengths to perpetuate Moore’s Law via next generation lithography, and to enable exciting potential future applications in biomedicine, surface science, and molecular dynamics is driving significant current investment in optics and sources for the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectral region. For example, in academia, major advances continue to be made in the development of tabletop EUV sources – based on discharge plasma sources and on high harmonic generation of ultrafast lasers - with potential future applications in EUV metrology and biomedical imaging. In industry, much higher power EUV sources based on laser induced plasmas are being developed for use as EUV exposure tools, while lower power sources are being integrated into EUV tools and measurement devices. Meanwhile unique, facility-class synchrotron sources are enabling a wide range of EUV science and technology in areas such as mask inspection, nano-magnetrism, nano-fabrication, and X-ray microscopy.
Applied Optical Measurements in Fabrication Processes and Products
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Symposium Organizers
Marla L. Dowell, NIST, USA
John H. Lehman, NIST, USA
Invited Speakers:
Laser Material Processing Inspired by Digitally-Scripted Genotype Sequencing, Henry Helvajian, Aerospace Corporation, USA
Recent Advances in Acousto-optic Tunable Filters for Hyperspectral Imaging with Real-time Spectral Unmixing, Chris Pannell, Gooch and Housego, USA
An Optically Enabled Biosensor for Medical Diagnostics, Chris Myatt, Mbio Diagnostics, USA
The Impact of Fiber Laser Technology on the World Wide Material Processing Market, Bill Shiner, IPG Photonics, USA
This session brings together researchers, instrumentation engineers and optical metrologists from both private and public sectors to share industrial and commercial applications, as well as cutting-edge advances in optical measurement science. Such science may provide the basis for new industrial measurement techniques or improved applications of optical measurements. In addition, the forum presents real-world challenges facing emerging commercial applications that might benefit from measurement science advances. The program will be a combination of invited and contributed talks. Topic areas may include spectroscopy, combustion diagnostics, high power laser measurements and semiconductor manufacturing.
Fundamentals of Absorption and Emission in Nanostructures and Composites
Joint CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizers:
John B. Pendry, Imperial College London, UK
Viktor A. Podolskiy University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Invited Speakers:
Non-Markovian Radiation Dynamics in Photonic Band Gap Materials, Kurt Busch, Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Optical absorption and emission in graphene, Javier Garcia de Abajo, ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
Quantum Plasmonics: Electron transfer and nonlocal screening in narrow metallic junctions, Peter Nordlander, Rice University, USA
Plasmon-assisted nanochemistry, Romain Quidant, ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Nanostructures and complex composites with nanostructured components are emerging as the new frontier in optics, photonics, and plasmonics research. The topics related to fundamentals of light emission, propagation, and interactions in these structures are of great interest and importance for the broad optics community, spanning theoretical, experimental, and computational science. Given the breadth and the explosive growth of the research related to light interaction with nanoscale-based-systems, it appears both timely and necessary to bring together the experts in various aspects of light emission and interaction with complex systems under one unified roof of a symposium that will bring together researchers working on the broad theme of light interaction with nanostructured complex structures, ranging from plasmonics to composite media to optics of condensed matter. Some representative topics include lifetime engineering, energy transfer, and other novel optical phenomena in nanostructured systems.
High Power Diode Laser Arrays: Technology and Applications
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizer:
Andy Bayramian, NIF, USA
Invited Speakers:
Cryolaser: Innovative Cryogenic Diode Laser Bars Optimized for Emerging Ultra-high Power Laser Applications, Paul Crump, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany
Engineering Diode Laser Pumps for Extremely Large Scale Laser Systems, Bob Deri, LLNL, USA
Laser Diode Arrays – Designs and Production Techniques for Fusion Energy Power Plants, Ryan Feeler, Northrop Grumman / Cutting Edge Optronics, USA
High Efficiency kW-class QCW 88x nm Diode Laser Bars, Manoj Kanskar, nLIGHT, USA
High Power High Brightness Laser Diodes Sources, Andreas Kohl, Quantel, France
Scalable Compact Laser diode Array Technology for High Energy Applications, Prabhu Thiagarajan, Lasertel, USA
Diode lasers form the basis of many of the laser systems used today; either as a direct laser source, or used to pump a laser gain media. High power laser systems are coming into more widespread use in industry and have been demonstrated by many Universities and Government laboratories around the world in high power systems for scientific and defense applications. These high power systems require vast numbers of diode laser bars with high reliability, high efficiency, and high power. These characteristics are essential in the viability of these systems, where size, weight, and power consumption can be very high. This symposium will include talks by industry and the research community representatives on the future of diodes for this application, as well as descriptions of existing systems and systems to be built for defense applications, orbital debris clearing, additive manufacture, etc., where these large diode arrays play a pivotal role.
Lab-on-a-Chip Applications
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Symposium Organizer:
Christopher J. Myatt, MBio Diagnostics, Inc., USA
Invited Speakers:
Second Generation Multiplexed Diagnostics with Silicon Photonics, Cary Gunn, Genalyte, USA
Microfluidics Facilitated Genome Sequencing for Limited Number of Cells, Yanyi Huang, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center (BIOPIC), Peking University, China
SMART (Shrink Manufacturing Advanced Research Tools), Michelle Khine, UC Irvine, USA
New Microfluidic Technologies for Accelerating and Enhancing Molecular Binding Processes in Cartridge-format Assay Systems, Daniel Laser, Wave80 Biosciences, Inc., USA
Where the Rubber Meets the Road – Clinical Diagnostic Testing and New Technology, Valerie Ng, Alameda County Med. Ctr., USA
Computational On-Chip Imaging Toward Telemedicine Applications, Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA, USA
From Lab-on-a-Chip to Lab-in-the Body: Miniaturization of Diagnostic Tools, Axel Scherer, California Institute of Technology, USA
Lab on a Chip Fluorescence Measurements – from Single Biomolecules to Testing Standards, Samuel Stavis, NIST, USA
The ability to miniaturize and package multiple laboratory functions onto a single device promises exciting new applications in biomedical sciences, and photonics is an enabling technology for these applications. In this symposium, we will hear the latest results of applications enabled by photonics, at the intersection of microfluidics, biochemistry, and nanotechnology. Enabling technologies include the laser, LED, computing, and imaging technology developed for consumer electronics and mobile platforms, and adapted for biomedical applications. Emphasis will be on how science meets the demands of real-world applications. The symposium will not only feature discussion of new technology, but also perspectives from laboratory users and other stakeholders. Participants can expect to learn what it takes to translate a technology from “cool idea” and initial experiment to an application delivering real world results.
Mid-infrared Laser Sources
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizers:
Konstantin Vodopyanov, Stanford University, USA
Jens Biegert, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Axel Ruehl, CFEL - Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Germany
Invited Speakers:
New Beam Engineered and Spectrally Engineered Mid-ir Quantum Cascade Lasers by Transverse and Longitudinal Mode, Federico Capasso, Harvard Univ., USA
Frequency Comb Sources and Techniques for Mid-infrared Spectroscopy and Sensing, Scott Diddams, NIST, USA
Spatial-temporal Imaging in the Strong-field Limit, Louis F DiMauro, Ohio State Univ., USA,
Fe-doped II-VI Mid-Infrared Laser Materials for the 3 to 8 um, Vladimir Fedorov, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham and IPG Photonics, USA
Mid-infrared (3 - 15 µm) laser sources became indispensable tools for a broad range of new research fields in chemistry, biology, medicine, physics and materials science. Even at moderate intensities, mid-infrared wavelengths result in higher electron and high-harmonic photon energies in strong-field interactions opening new possibilities for applications such as attosecond science. The ability to address molecular vibrations led to a remarkable progress in spectroscopy. Also in applied science, mid-infrared lasers become increasingly important for remote sensing, free space communications and material processing to name just a few.
This symposium will review the state-of-the-art in mid-infrared laser sources and discuss challenges and novel concepts in this fast growing field of research. It will also address nonlinear frequency conversion and amplification methods as well as different techniques for producing frequency combs and carrier-envelope phase-stabilized pulses in this challenging spectral region. The emerging interest in these sources for fundamental as well as applied science will bring together scientists across various disciplines.
Nanophotonics at the DOE/SC Nanoscale Science Research Centers
CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science
Symposium Organizers:
Igal Brener, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories,USA
Jennifer Hollingsworth, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Rohit Prasankumar, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Invited Speakers:
New Directions in Active Metamaterials, Igal Brener, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Nanofabrication of Nanophotonic Structures, Particularly Metamaterial and Plasmonic Structures, Stefano Cabrini, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Next-generation Nanocrystals for Cellular Imaging: Non-blinking, Non-bleaching Phosphors, Bruce Cohen, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Tuning Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Quantum Dot-based Hybrids by Self-assembly, Mircea Cotlet, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhave National Laboratory, USA
Non-blinking "Giant" Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Ideal Molecular Probes for Real-time Three-dimensional Particle Tracking, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Coherent Ultrafast Probes of Quasi-1D Charge Dynamics, Robert Kaindl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Modeling, Fabrication, and Characterization of Disk On-pillar Structures for Optical Field Enhancement and Extreme Nanofocusing, Nickolay Lavrik, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Transduction and Control of Sqeezed Light Sources by Localized and Propagating Surface Plasmons, Benjamin Lawrie, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Designing Quantum Rod Morphology, Microstructure, and Surface Chemistry for Optimum Energy Transfer, Matthew Maye, Syracuse University, USA
Ultrafast Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Metal Nanoparticles, Matthew Pelton, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Nanophotonics at the DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers, Rohit Prasankumar, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies,Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
On the Origin of Efficient Photoluminescence in Silicon Nanocrystals, Richard Schaller Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Examining Nanoscale Photovoltaics with High Brightness Fourier Transform Measurements, Matthew Sfeir, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhave National Laboratory, USA
All-dielectric Metamaterials: Path to Low Losses and High Spectral Selectivity, Gennady Shvets, University of Texas at Austin, USA
All-dielectric Optical Metamaterials, Jason Valentine, Vanderbilt University, USA
Ultrafast and Non-linear Optical Properties of Hyperbolic Plasmonic Metamaterials, Greg Wurtz, King's College London, UK
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science established the Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs) as national user facilities to enable researchers to create, characterize and understand novel nanoscale materials. Since their inception five years ago, the NSRCs have enabled thousands of users to access state-of-the-art instrumentation, specialized facilities, and expertise at one or more locations: “Molecular Foundry” (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), “Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences” (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), “Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies” (Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory), “Center for Functional Nanomaterials (Brookhaven National Laboratory) and "Center for Nanoscale Materials (Argonne National Laboratory).
The nanophotonics projects conducted by staff and users at the NSRCs represent a microcosm of the cutting edge research being done in this vast discipline. In this symposium, we will highlight some of this research with a mix of invited talks from NSRC staff and external users in order to highlight science opportunities and to inspire the photonics community to fully exploit the NSRC capabilities available to them as users.
This symposium is not accepting contributed papers.
Nonlinear Terahertz Science and Technology
Joint CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizer:
Junichiro Kono, Rice Univ., USA,
Peter Uhd Jepsen, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Invited Speakers:
Nonlinear THz Optics in Cuprate Superconductors, Andrea Cavalleri, Max Planck Hamburg, Germany
Multi-THz Nonlinear Optics and Sub-cycle Control of Charge and Spin, Rupert Huber, Univ. Regensburg, Germany
Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy and Coherent Control in Solid, Liquid, and Gas Phases, Keith Nelson, MIT, USA
Experimental Observation of Electron-Hole Recollisions in Semiconductors, Mark Sherwin, UCSB, USA
Optics and photonics at terahertz frequencies is entering the nonlinear regime with a fast pace, enabled by the emergence of high-intensity, ultrafast and broadband coherent light sources and the capability of time-resolved detection of the electric field of such sources. The symposium will bring together researchers from THz, ultrafast and nonlinear optics to highlight the historical development of nonlinear THz optics and recent exploration of non-perturbative light-matter interactions and strong-field physics at THz frequencies.
Novel Light Sources for Biomedical Applications
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizers:
Nicusor Iftimia, Physical Sciences Inc., USA
Andy James Bayramian, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, USA
Invited Speakers:
Employing Supercontinuum Technology for Biomedical Applications, Thomsen Carsten, NKT Photonics, USA
Tailoring Lasers for Specific Swept Source OCT Applications, Brian Goldberg, Axsun Technologies, USA
Miniature, Fast Wavelength-swept Sources Based on External Grating Cavity with Resonant MEMS Mirror, Kevin Hsu, Exalos, USA
Multi-modal Imaging Using a Novel and Portable Ultrafast Laser Source, Tuan Le, FEMTOLASERS, Inc, Austria
Advances in Solid State and Semiconductor Sources for Biomedicine, Peter Moulton, Qpeak Inc., USA
High Speed Wavelength-swept Laser for Next Generation Optical Coherence Tomography, Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh, KAIST, South Korea
OCT Sources: Current Limitations and Future Development Needs, Ben Vakoc, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Nitride VECSELs as Light Sources for Biomedical Applications, Thomas Wunderer, Palo Alto Research Center, USA
This symposium will bring together researchers exploring various incoherent and coherent approaches for improving the performance of the light sources that can be used in biomedical imaging, as well as many researchers that are using these sources in the biomed area. High emphasis will be given to the Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting-Laser (VECSEL) sources, which show high promise in improving the performance of optical coherence imaging. New advances in the development of various fiber laser sources using supercontinuum generation, as well as ultrashort pulses laser sources that are used in nonlinear microscopy and spectroscopy will be presented as well. Typical challenges related to system improved speed, stability, and resolution will be discussed. The development of miniature light sources for highly portable tomographic imaging systems and for lab-on-a-chip (LOC) applications will be presented as well.
Optogenetics and Optical Control of Biological Processes
Joint CLEO: Applications & Technology/ CLEO: Science & Innovations
Symposium Organizers:
Ed Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Christopher Fang-Yen, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA
Andrew M. Rollins, Case Western Reserve Univ, USA
Invited Speakers:
Shining Light on the Brain: Optogenetic Dissection of the Cortical Circuits of Vision, Hillel Adesnik1; 1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CA, Berkeley, United
TBD, Jin-Hyung Lee, Stanford, USA
Mechanisms of Direct Neural Stimulation with Infrared Light, Mikhail Shapiro, UC Berkeley, USA
Optical Control of Protein-protein Interactions to Modulate Cellular Function, Chandra Tucker, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
Optical interactions with biological tissue have historically fallen into two broad categories in research and medicine: interactions intended either for observation/diagnosis (e.g., microscopy, imaging) or for intervention/therapy (e.g., laser ablation, photodynamic therapy.) This symposium will explore a third emerging branch in biomedical optics: the use of optics for nondestructive control of biological function. While the advent of optical tweezers allowed for physical manipulation of small particles and cells, control of intact, living systems requires other
innovations, such as optogenetics, laser stimulation, and photo-uncaging. This new field is yielding new scientific advances (e.g., activating a set of neurons helps understand how they contribute to behavior or network function), and has the potential to enable new therapies (e.g., novel optical retinal and auditory prostheses, neural stimulators, and optical pacemakers). This symposium welcomes contributed work in applications of optical control and enabling technologies.
Quantum Simulators
CLEO: QELS–Fundamental Science
Symposium Organizers:
Alexander Lvovsky, University of Calgary, Canada
Morgan Mitchell, ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Invited Speakers:
Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Quantum Gases, Stefan Kuhr, Univ. of Strathclyde, MPQ, Scotland
Quantum Simulation of Dirac Points, L. Tarruell, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Photonic Quantum Simulators, Philip Walther; Univ. of Vienna, Austria
This symposium will bring together leading figures in the rapidly advancing field of Quantum Simulators (QS). In the last few years, QS have passed from a theoretical possibility, first suggested by Richard Feynman, to a demonstrated technology: the best quantum simulators now outperform the best computer simulations on difficult condensed-matter problems such as non-equilibrium dynamics. The symposium will present state-of-the-art experimental results from the major platforms for QS including ultra-cold atoms, trapped ions, single photons and superconducing circuits, as well as state-of-the-art theoretical results in designing/programming quantum simulators, including both the "analog" and "digital" simulation strategies.
The Path to Sustainable Energy: Laser Driven Inertial Fusion Energy*
CLEO: Applications & Technology
Symposium Organizer:
Constantin Haefner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Laser-driven Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) is one of the most promising approaches to bringing the power of the sun to earth. The completion of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the world's most energetic pulsed laser system, in Livermore, California, makes laser fusion with energy gain a realistic goal. The NIF provides over 1.8 MegaJoules of ultraviolet laser energy at over 500 TeraWatts. NIF is capable of routinely delivering laser pulses with this energy and power onto IFE targets generating unprecedented conditions in the laboratory. Other similar NIF-like laser systems are being built or planned in France (Laser Megajoule), China (Shenguang IV), and Russia (UFL-2M). Smaller laser facilities such as OMEGA in the United States, GEKKO and LFEX in Japan, VULCAN and ORION in the United Kingdom, LIL in France, and many others have been conducting experiments supporting the development of the physics basis and key diagnostic capabilities for IFE.
This IFE symposium will review the physics of laser-driven IFE, the technology of the solid state IFE drive lasers, the various optical, X-ray, and nuclear diagnostics, the IFE target design and fabrication, and the perspective and technology challenges of IFE as a source of sustainable energy for the future.
Invited Speakers:
Physics of Laser Driven ICF
Progress Toward Ignition on the National Ignition Facility, John Lindl, LLNL, USA
Polar-drive Direct-drive Ignition, Thomas Craig Sangster, UR, USA
Progress in Ignition Experiments at the NIF, John Edwards, LLNL, USA
The LMJ Program: Overview and Status of LMJ & PETAL Projects, Jean-Luc Miquel, CEA DAM, France
Technology of ICF Drive Lasers and Laser Facilities
The NIF: An International High Energy Density and Inertial Fusion User Facility, Ed Moses, LLNL, USA
Orion Laser Update from AWE, Andrew Randwich, Atomic Weapons Establishment, UK
The Updated Advancements of Inertial Confinement Fusion program in China, Wanguo Zheng, IAPCM, China
Optical and Nuclear Diagnostics
NIF Ignition Diagnostics, Joe Kilkenny, LLNL, USA
Line-imaging Velocimetry for Shock Diagnostics (VISAR), Peter Cellier, LLNL, USA
Optical Probe Lasers for Characterizing High-temperature, High-density Plasmas,Siegfried Glenzer, SLAC, Stanford Univ., USA
ICF Target Design and Fabrication
NIF Target Fabrication, Alex Hamza, LLNL, USA
IFE Target Fabrication, Abbas Nikroo,General Atomics, USA
Hohlraum Designs for High Velocity Implosions on NIF,Nathan Meezan, LLNL, USA
Alternative Laser ICF Concepts
Fast Ignition With Laser-Driven Ion Beams: Progress On Ignitor Beam Development Based On A New Relativistic Laser-Plasma Regime, J. C. Fernandez, LANL, USA
Implosion and Heating Experiments of Fast Ignition Targets by GEKKOXII and LFEX Lasers, H. Shiraga, ILE, Japan
Shock-ignition OMEGA Experiments and Target Design for the NIF, Kenneth S. Anderson, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester, USA
Studies on Shock Ignition Targets for Inertial Fusion Energy, Stefano Atzeni, Università di Roma, Italy
Future Perspecitive of ICF as Sustainable Energy Source
Prospects and Time Frame for Inertial Fusion Energy, Robert Byer, Stanford Univ., USA
HiPER, The European Approach to Inertial Fusion Energy, Laser Driver Studies,
Jean-Christophe Chanteloup, Ecole, Polytechnique, France
Design of the LIFE Power Plant: Laser Inertial Fusion Energy, Mike Dunne, LLNL, USA
Laser Fusion Experimental Reactor LIFT Based on Fast Ignition and the Issue; Takayoshi Norimatsu, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
NIF Tour
*In conjunction with The Path to Sustainable Energy: Laser Driven Inertial Fusion Energy Symposium, a tour of the National Ignition Facility will be offered the morning of Wednesday, 12 June 2013. The NIF tour is limited to 200 people and you must be pre-registered to attend. Buses will depart the San Jose Convention Center at 15 minute intervals, starting at 10:45 a.m.