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                Nano-Optoelectronic Workshop (NOW) and

Summer School Advances in Photonics

August 14-18, 2006

University of California, Berkeley

Program

 

 
Program Schedule           | 08/13/06 | 08/14/06 | 08/15/06 | 08/16/06 | 08/17/06 | 08/18/06 |

                                                                             Complete speaker list (PDF file) | Program at a glance (PDF file)

 

Sunday, August 13, 2006 (Wozniak Lounge, 430 Soda Hall)                                                                           


9:00 am - 8:30 pm Jamboree of Lightwave in Technology

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Summer School Registration

Monday, August 14, 2006 (Hewlett Packard Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall)                                                      

8:00 am   -  8:30 am      Registration and Breakfast

8:30 am   -  8:45 am      Welcoming Remarks

-          Connie Chang-Hasnain, CONSRT Director, UC Berkeley

-          Rainer Rosenzweig, Bavaria California Technology Center

Session M1: Quantum Dots Lasers and Physics  (Chair: Connie Chang-Hasnain)

8:45 am   -  9:45 am      Long Wavelength QD Lasers on GaAs and InP

-          Pallab Bhattacharya, U Michigan, Ann Arbor    

9:45 am   -  10:45 am     Advances in Quantum Dots for Lasers and Single Photon Sources

-          Yasuhiko Arakawa, U Tokyo

10:45 am  -  11:00 am     Coffee Break

Session M2: Markets and Applications 1  (Chair: Markus Amann)

11:00 am  -  11:30 am     NEMS: the Next Revolution in Microsystems

-          Dennis Polla, DARPA

11:30 am  -  12:00 pm    RF Photonics for C4ISR Transformation

-          Steve Pappert, DARPA

12:00 pm  -  1:00 pm      Robust Photonic Systems using Optoelectronic Devices

-          Alan Willner, USC               

1:00 pm   -  2:00 pm      Lunch

Rump Session 1:  Applications for Nano Materials and Devices (Chair: Ming Wu)     Monday 8/14 2:00-4:00 pm

Theme:  Nanostructured optoelectronic materials promise to enable breakthrough functionalities.  Are there any
commercial applications of nanophotonics that are close to realization? Which nanophotonic technology might reach
commercialization in the near future? 

 

2:00 pm   -  2:15 pm      Si Nano-Photonics for High-Performance Computing Systems

-          Ashok Krishnamoorthy, Sun Microsystems

2:15 pm   -  2:30 pm      Nanophotonics at HP

-          S. Y. Wang, HP Labs

2:30 pm   -  2:45 pm      Optoelectronics and The Rising Market

-          Waguih Ishak, Avago Technologies

2:45 pm   -  3:00 pm      Nano-Opto Research and Applications in Taiwan

-          Eric Lean, ITRI

3:00 pm   -  3:15 pm      Modelocked, Broadband, and Comb Lasers Based on QDs as Light Sources for Si-photonics Solutions

-          Alexy Kovsh, NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH

3:15 pm   -  3:30 pm      Nanomix's Progress in Commercializing Nanotechnology (tentative)

-          Bill Perry, Nanomix Inc.

3:30 pm   -  3:45 pm      Nano Technology Investment

-          Wu-fu Chen, Acorn Campus LLC

3:45 pm   -  4:30 pm      Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

 

Sponsored by

 

Poster Session 1 (Chair: Pallab Bhattacharya)

4:30 pm   -  5:40 pm      Poster Introduction P1-P23 (3 min. each)

5:40 pm   -  7:00 pm      Refreshments and Poster Viewing

 

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 (Hewlett Packard Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall)                       Go back to top       

 

8:00 am   -  8:30 am      Registration and Breakfast

Session T1: Nanowires (Chair: Ming Wu)

8:30 am   -  9:00 am      NWs for Optoelectronics

-          Peter Pauzauskie and Peidong Yang , UC Berkeley

9:00 am   -  9:30 am      GaN Nanowires for Optoelectronic Applications

-          Kris Bertness, NIST

9:30 am   -  10:30 am     III-V Nanowires on Si for Optical Interconnects

-          Connie Chang-Hasnain, UC Berkeley

10:30 am  -  11:00 am     Coffee Break

Session T2: Markets and Applications 2 (Chair: Shun-Lien Chuang)

11:00 am  -  12:00 pm     Advances in Solar Cells

-          Eicke Weber, UC Berkeley

12:00 pm  -  1:00 pm      Optoelectronic Tweezers

-          Ming Wu, UC Berkeley 

1:00 pm   -  2:0 pm        Lunch

Session T3: Nano-Optics (Chair: Eicke Weber)

2:00 pm   -  3:00 pm      Challenges and Progress Towards Single Quantum Dot Lasing

-          Alfred Forchel, U Wuerzburg, Germany    

3:00 pm   -  4:00 pm      Optoelectronics Markets and Applications

-          Lars Thylen, KTH, Sweden  

4:00 pm   -  4:30 pm      Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

Poster Session 2 (Chair: Alfred Forchel)

4:30 pm   -  5:40 pm      Poster Introduction P24-P45 (3 min. each)

5:40 pm   -  7:00 pm      Refreshments and Poster Viewing

 

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 (Hewlett Packard Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall)                 Go back to top       

 

8:00 am   -  8:30 am      Registration and Breakfast

Session W1: QD Lasers 1 (Chair: Gerhard Abstreiter )

8:30 am   -  9:30 am      Achieving High Efficiency and High Speed With Quantum Dot Sources

-          Dennis Deppe, U Central Florida

9:30 am   -  10:30 am     Quantum Dash Lasers and Amplifiers

-          Johann-.Peter Reithmaier, U Kassel, Germany                     

10:30 am  -  11:00 am     Coffee Break

Session W2: QD Lasers 2 (Chair: Markus Amann)

11:00 am  -  12:00 pm     Long Wavelength (Beyond 1.3 Micron) Quantum Dot Light Emitters on GaAs Substrates

-          Victor Ustinov, A. F. Ioffe Institute, Russia 

12:00 pm  -  12:30 pm     High Resolution Spectral Hole Burning Measurements on Qquantum Dot Ensembles.

-          Kevin Silverman, NIST

12:30 pm  -  1:00 pm      Monolithic and Bufferless III-Sb Diodes on Si

-          Diana Huffaker, U New Mexico

1:00 pm   -  2:0 pm        Lunch

Session W3: QD Physics (Chair: Dennis Deppe)

2:00 pm   -  3:00 pm      Optical Spectroscopy and Coherent Control of a Single Quantum Dot

-          Gerhard Abstreiter, TU München, Germany           

3:00 pm   -  4:00 pm      Measurement and Control of Spin and Charge Interactions in a Single Quantum Dot Molecule

-          Jonathan Finley, TU München, Germany   

Excursion: Dinner Cruise

5:00 pm sharp               Bus will depart from Soda Hall to Berkeley Marina.  Excursion tickets required.

5:00 pm   -  6:00 pm      Boarding Hornblower Yacht; Yacht departs at 6pm sharp

6:00 pm   -  9:00 pm      Dinner

                                    Best Poster Awards Presentation  by  Tingye Li, ATT Bell Labs (retired)

9:00 pm   -  9:30 pm      Bus ride back to Berkeley campus

 

Thursday, August 17, 2006 (Hewlett Packard Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall)                     Go back to top       

 

8:00 am   -  8:30 am      Registration and Breakfast

Session Th1: Integrated Photonics 1 (Chair: Shun-Lien Chuang )

8:30 am   -  9:30 am      Advanced MOVPE Technologies for Photonic Integration and Nitride-Based Intersubband Devices

-          Yoshi Nakano, U Tokyo, Japan     

9:30 am   -  10:00 am      Optical Information Storage in the Nano Domain   

-          Pei-Cheng Ku, U Michigan, Ann Arbor 

10:00 am  -  10:30 am     Coffee Break

Session Th2: VCSELs  (Chair: Johann-.Peter Reithmaier)

10:30 am  -  11:30 am     Physics and Technology for VCSEL-related Devices

-          Fumio Koyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan      

11:30 am  -  12:30 am      Very Long Wavelength VCSELs for Sensing Applications

-          Markus Amann, TU München, Germany    

12:30 pm   -  2:00 pm      Lunch

Session Th3: Slow Light (Chair: Jonathan Finley)

2:00 pm   -  2:30 pm      Applications of and Advances of Slow Light

-          Jay Lowell, DARPA 

2:30 pm   -  3:15 pm      Tunable Optical Delay Via Carrier Induced Exciton Dephasing In Semiconductor Quantum Wells  

-          Hailin Wang, U Oregon  

3:15 pm   -  4:00 pm      Slow Light and Fast Light Using Semiconductor Quantum Devices

-          Shun-Lien Chuang, UIUC

4:00 pm   -  4:30 pm      Coffee Break

 

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Rump Session 2: Dilemmas and Challenges of Telecom Service Providers
                           by Tingye Li, AT&T Labs (retired). Thursday 8/17 4:30-6:30 pm
Theme: What have we learned from the IT and optical bubble?  What are the application and market needs on the new

generation of optoelectronic components?

 4:30 pm   -  4:45 pm      Fiber to The Home: Reality or Dream

-          Tingye Li, AT&T Labs

4:45 pm   -  5:00 pm      Optoelectronics: Successfully Penetrating Many New Markets

-          Michael Lebby, OIDA

5:00 pm   -  5:15 pm      PICs and Their Impact on the Optical System Design  

-          Matt Mitchell, Infinera Corp.          

5:15 pm   -  5:30 pm      The Photonic Market From Access To Long Haul; A Vendor's View

-          Harald Rohde, Siemens Corp., Germany   

5:30 pm   -  5:45 pm      VCSEL Array for Handheld Displays

-          Dirk Smits, National Semiconductors Corp.          

5:45 pm   -  6:00 pm      Optoelectronic Micro & Nano Technologies at GE

-          Loucas Tsakalakos, GE Research

6:00 pm   -  6:15 pm      Optoelectronics Markets And Applications

-          Yan Sun, Onetta Inc.         

Friday, August 18, 2006 (Hewlett Packard Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall)                          Go back to top       

 

8:00 am   -  8:30 am      Registration and Breakfast

Session F1: Novel Applications (Chair: Jamie Phillips )

8:30 am   -  9:00 am      Ultrahigh Speed Injection-Locked VCSELs  

-          Lukas Chrostowski, U British Columbia, Canada    

9:30 am   -  10:30 am     Long-wavelength VCSEL and Si/Ge Quantum Wells (tentative title)   

-          James Harris, Stanford University    

10:30 am  -  11:00 am     Gallium Nitride on Diamond for Optical Applications

-          Dan Francis, Group4 Lab   

Session F2: Solid State Lighting (Chair: Hailin Wang)

Theme:  Semiconductor LEDs have emerged as a potential candidate to revolutionize the lighting industry.  The
 achievement of efficient and low cost white light LEDs for solid state lighting could have a far reaching impact on society,
 including growing concerns of energy conservation, but will it be possible?  Will it replace incandescent and fluorescent
 lights in a range of applications including displays?

 

11:00 am  -  12:00 pm     Semiconducting and Ferroelectric Oxide Materials for Optoelectronics

-          Jamie Phillips, U Michigan, Ann Arbor   

12:00 pm  -  12:30 pm     InGaN-based High-power LEDs: Applications and Challenges

-          Werner Goetz, Lumileds

12:30 pm  -  1:00 pm      Solid-State Lighting for General Illumination Applications

-          Mike Coltrin, Sandia National Labs

 

1:00 pm                        Box Lunch

1:00 pm                        Adjourn

 

                                                     Rump Sessions on                                            Go back to top

 New Market and Application Opportunities

 Co-Chairs:

Ming Wu, UC Berkeley

Jamie Phillips, U Michigan – Ann Arbor

Rump Session 1:  Applications for Nano Materials and Devices (Chair: Ming Wu)  Monday 8/14 2:00-4:00 pm

Theme:  Nanostructured optoelectronic materials promise to enable breakthrough functionalities.  Are there any commercial applications of nanophotonics that are close to realization?  Which nanophotonic technology might reach commercialization in the near future? 

Rump Session 2: Dilemmas and Challenges of Telecom Service Providers

 
                           by Tingye Li, AT&T Labs (retired). Thursday 8/17 4:30-6:30 pm
 
Theme: What have we learned from the IT and optical bubble?  What are the application and market needs on the new generation of optoelectronic components?                                                                              
 

 
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