Short Course Schedule by Topic Category

CLEO Categories

02: Solid-State, Liquid and Gas Lasers
03: Semiconductor Lasers
04: Applications of Nonlinear Optics
05: Terahertz Technologies and Applications
08: Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics and Applications
09: Components, Integration, Interconnects and Signal Processing
10: Biophotonics and Optofluidics
11: Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices
12: Lightwave Communications and Networks
13: Active Optical Sensing
14: Optical Metrology
15: LEDS, Photovoltaics and Energy-Efficient (“Green”) Photonics
16: Micro- and Nano-Photonics Devices

QELS Categories

02: Quantum Science, Engineering and Technology
03: Metamaterials and Complex Media
04: Optical Interactions with Condensed Matter and Ultrafast Phenomena
05: Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena
06: Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

Additional Short Course Category

Fundamental Optical Science and Technologies

Cancelled SC143 Introductory and Intermediate Topics in Polarized Light, Robert Fisher; R. A. Fisher Associates, USA
SC157 Laser Beam Analysis, Propagation and Shaping Techniques, James R. Leger; Univ. of Minnesota, USA
SC333 Intellectual Property: Bringing Academic Invention to the Market, Nadya Reingand; Celight Inc., USA
SC334 The Art of Modeling Optical Systems, Curtis Menyuk; Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
NEW! SC353 An Overview of R&D Program Management, Michael T. Dehring, Lockheed Martin, USA

CLEO 02: Solid-State, Liquid and Gas Lasers

SC136 Understanding Lasers and Critical Optical Components, Shaoul Ezekiel; MIT, USA
SC165 Laser Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers, Larry Marshall; Southern Cross Venture Partners, USA

CLEO 03: Semiconductor Lasers

SC167 Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers: Edge-Emitters to Micro Cavity Devices, Kent Choquette¹, Weng Chow²; ¹Univ. of Illinois, USA, ²Sandia Natl. Labs, USA
SC301 Quantum Cascade Lasers: From Band Structure Engineering to Commercialization, Federico Capasso; Harvard Univ., USA

Cancelled SC319 Quantum Dot Laser Diodes, Peter Blood; Cardiff Univ., UK

CLEO 04: Applications of Nonlinear Optics

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics, Robert Fisher; R. A. Fisher Associates, USA
SC153 Quasi-Phasematching for Wavelength Conversion and All-Optical Nonlinear Processing, Peter G. R. Smith; Univ. of Southampton, UK
SC163 Practical OPOs, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh; Inst. Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Inst. de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain

CLEO 05: Terahertz Technologies and Applications

SC164 THz Technology, Matthew T. Reiten; Los Alamos Natl. Lab, USA

CLEO 08: Ultrafast Optics, Optoelectronics and Applications

SC155 Ultrashort Laser Pulse Measurement, Pamela Bowlan; Georgia Tech, USA
NEW! SC352 Ultrafast Laser Pulse Shaping, Marcos Dantus; Michigan

CLEO 09: Components, Integration, Interconnects and Signal Processing

SC154 Quantum Well Devices for Optics and Optoelectronics, David A. B. Miller; Stanford Univ., USA
SC160 Microwave Photonics, Keith Williams; NRL, USA
SC337 Single Photon Detection, Mark A. Itzler; Princeton Lightwave Inc., USA

CLEO 10: Biophotonics and Optofluidics

SC182 Biomedical Optical Diagnostics and Sensing, Thomas Huser; Univ. of California at Davis, USA
SC335 Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy, Stephen Lane ¹^,², Thomas Huser²; ¹Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab, USA, ²Univ. of California at Davis, USA

CLEO 11: Fiber Amplifiers, Lasers and Devices

Cancelled SC123 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Raman Fiber Amplifiers, John Zyskind; JDS Uniphase, USA
SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics, Robert Fisher; R. A. Fisher Associates, USA
SC194 Photonic Crystal Fibers and Devices, Benjamin J. Eggleton; Univ. of Sydney, Australia
SC270 High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, W. Andrew Clarkson; Optoelectronics Res. Ctr., Univ. of Southampton, UK
SC338 Fiber-Based Parametric Devices, Colin J. McKinstrie; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

CLEO 12: Lightwave Communications and Networks

SC147 Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA

Cancelled SC198 Packaging of Optoelectronic Components, Andreas Rose; Photonics Res. Corp., USA
SC336 Green Photonics, S. J. Ben Yoo; Univ. of California at Davis, USA

CLEO 13: Active Optical Sensing

SC200 Laser Remote Sensing, Timothy Carrig, Phillip Gatt; Lockheed Martin, USA

CLEO 14: Optical Metrology

SC339 A Guide to Building an Optical Clock, Scott Diddams, Chris Oates; NIST, USA

CLEO 15: LEDS, Photovoltaics and Energy-Efficient (“Green”) Photonics

SC316 Organic Photonic Devices, Marc Baldo, Vladimir Bulovic; MIT, USA

CLEO 16: Micro- and Nano-Photonics Devices

SC300 Silicon Photonics, Bahram Jalali; Univ. of California at Los Angeles, USA

QELS 02: Quantum Science, Engineering and Technology

SC189 Quantum-Enhanced Technologies, Ian Walmsley; Univ. of Oxford, UK
SC271 Quantum Information—Technologies and Applications, Prem Kumar; Northwestern Univ., USA

QELS 03: Metamaterials and Complex Media

SC302 MetaMaterials, Vladimir M. Shalaev; Purdue Univ., USA

QELS 04: Optical Interactions with Condensed Matter and Ultrafast Phenomena

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics, Robert Fisher; R. A. Fisher Associates, USA

QELS 05: Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena

SC149 Foundations of Nonlinear Optics, Robert Fisher; R. A. Fisher Associates, USA

QELS 06: Nano-Optics and Plasmonics

SC221 Nano-Photonics: Physics and Techniques, Axel Scherer; Caltech, USA