Monday, September 19
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8:45 – 9:00
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Welcome & Opening Remarks
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Tom Baer, SPRC
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Photonics for the Internet of Things
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Session Chair: Olav Solgaard
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9 :00 – 9 :45
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The Internet of Things: Its Vision and Technical Challenges
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Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University
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9:45 – 10:30
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Microparticle Sensors: Infrared Detectors, Solar Driven Devices, and Sensing Inside Explosions
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Joseph Talghader, University of Minnesota
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Poster Introductions & Coffee Break | |
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Applications of Multimode Photonics
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Session Chairs: Joe Kahn & David Miller
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11:00 – 11:30
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Learning from Examples in Optics
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Demetri Psaltis, EPFL
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11:30 – 12:00
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Large-Scale Programmable Photonic Circuits and Applications in Quantum Information Processing
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Dirk Englund, MIT
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12:00 – 12:30
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Direct-Detection Mode-Division Multiplexing Enabled by Convex Optimization-Based Phase Retrieval
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Sercan Arik, Stanford University
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| 12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch & Poster Session | Spilker 2nd Floor |
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Optics/Lasers for Environmental Sensing
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Session Chair: Leo Hollberg
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2:00 – 2:30
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Dual-comb Spectroscopy for Atmospheric Gas Monitoring
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Nathan Newbury, NIST
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2:30 – 3:00
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Robust IR Laser Absorptions Sensor for Gaseous Species in the Atmosphere and Industrial Exhaust |
Ron Hanson, Stanford University
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3:00 – 3:30
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Make the Invisible Visible: Measure the Atmosphere to Manage Emissions |
Phil DeCola, Sigma Space Corporation
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3:30 – 4:00
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Coffee Break
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Applications of Infrared Combs
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Session Chairs: Marty Fejer
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4:00 – 4:30
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Silicon-Chip-Based Mid-Infrared Frequency Combs
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Alex Gaeta, Columbia University
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4:30 – 5:00
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Efficient Half-Harmonic Generation of Mid-IR Frequency Combs
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Alireza Marandi, Stanford University
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5:00 – 5:15
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Simulton Formation in Synchronously Pumped Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillators |
Marc Jankowski, Stanford University
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6:00
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Reception & Banquet at Stanford Faculty Club
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7:00
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Dinner
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8:15
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LIGO: Einstein, Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves
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Bob Byer, Stanford University
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Tuesday, September 20
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Biophotonics
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Session Chair: Audrey Bowden
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9:00 – 9:30
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Multiscale Optical Imaging for Early Detection of Oral Cancer
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Kristen Maitland, Texas A & M Univ
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9:30 – 9:45
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Characterization of Cardiomyocytes Motion Using Quantitative Phase Imaging
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Christy Cordeiro, Stanford University
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9:45 – 10:15
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Optical Coherence in All the Right (and Wrong) Places in Biomedical Optical Imaging
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Michael Choma, Yale University
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10:15 – 10:30
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MOZART: High-resolution Optical Molecular Imaging System for Medical and Biological Applications
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Orly Liba, Stanford University
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10:30 – 11:00
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Coffee Break
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Collective Properties of Quantum Systems
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Session Chair: Monika Schleier-Smith
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11:00 – 11:30
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Topological Photonics: Twisted Resonators and Braided Circuits
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Jonathan Simon, Univ of Chicago
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11:30 – 11:45
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Quantum Phase Magnification
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Nils Engelsen, Stanford University
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11:45 – 12:15
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Generating Multi-Atom Entanglement Using Optical Fiber Cavities
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Jakob Reichel, Laboratoire, Kastler Brossel de l’E.N.S.
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12:15 – 12:30
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Supermode-density-wave-polariton Condensation in a Multimode Cavity QED-BEC System
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Alicia Kollar, Stanford University
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12:30 – 2:00
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Lunch & Poster Session
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Spilker 2nd Floor
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Multi-Petawatt Lasers
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Session Chair: Alan Fry
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2:00 – 2:30
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Next Generation High Intensity Laser Systems |
Constantin Haefner, LLNL
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2:30 – 3:00
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New Laser Driven Proton Accelerators with PW Lasers
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Siegfried Glenzer, SLAC
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3:00 – 3:30
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Development of Future Laser Driven Accelerators with BELLA
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Wim Leemans, LBNL
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3:30 – 4:00
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Coffee Break
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Dielectric Laser Accelerators
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Session Chair: Joel England
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4:00 – 4:30
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Acceleration of High Brightness Electron Beams in Laser-driven Dielectric Structures
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Pietro Musumeci, UCLA
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4:30 – 4:45
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Recent Demonstration of Record High Gradients in Dielectric Laser Accelerating Structures
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Kent Wootton, Stanford University
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4:45 – 5:15
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Diamond Field Emitter Array Cathodes and Possibilities for Employing Additive Manufactuing for Dielectric Laser Accelerating Structures
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Evgenya Simakov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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5:15 – 5:30
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Dielectric Laser Acceleration of Subrelativistic Electrons with Silicon Dual Pillars |
Andrew Ceballos, Stanford University
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