Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2014
Volume 59, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 3–7, 2014; Denver, Colorado
Session L23: Invited Session: Industrial Physics Forum: Physics and Industrial Applications of Optoelectronics |
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP Chair: Robert Hickernell, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Steven S. Rosenblum, Corning, Inc. Room: 505-507 |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
L23.00001: The National Academies' Report on Optics and Photonics: The Road to a National Photonics Initiative Invited Speaker: Alan Willner This presentation will highlight aspects of the recent report from the U.S. National Academies on Optics and Photonics. Enabling science and technology issues were discussed, as well as the past and future impact on the economy. A key recommendation of the study is the formation of a National Photonics Initiative, which has started taking shape with the crucial backing of the major professional societies. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
L23.00002: Nanophotonic phenomena in systems of macroscopic sizes Invited Speaker: Marin Soljacic Nanophotonic techniques provide uncprecedented opportunities for controlling behavior of light. However, to make these techniques useful for many applications of interest (e.g. energy applications) one has to have the ability to implement nanophotonic techniques in systems of large sizes. I will present some promising novel nanophotonic phenomena, as well as some fabrication techniques to implement them on large scales. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
L23.00003: Exploring the nano-world with bright soft x-ray laser beams Invited Speaker: Carmen Menoni The generation of bright soft x-ray (SXR) laser beams on a table-top is opening new opportunities for visualizing and altering the nano-world. Compact plasma-based SXR lasers operating at wavelengths between 10 nm and 50 nm are enabling the implementation of ultra-high resolution microscopes, chemical imaging tools, and defect-tolerant nano-patterning tools. SXR laser-based microscopes can image objects with 30 nm resolution with a single laser shot. Such ``flash'' illumination makes it possible to image dynamic phenomena at the nanoscale. We are also combining SXR laser-induced nano-ablation with mass spectrometry to image chemical composition in three dimensions at the nanoscale. The application of this technique to map the composition of metallic, dielectrics, and organic samples will be described. High average power beams of SXR laser light also make it possible to print arrays of nanostructures defect-free using the Talbot effect. The coherent SXR laser illumination of masks with arrays of arbitrary nano-patterns will allow, for example, the printing of plasmonic structures, arrays of nano-antennas and two-dimensional photonic crystals. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
L23.00004: Hybrid III-V Silicon Lasers Invited Speaker: John Bowers Abstract: A number of important breakthroughs in the past decade have focused attention on Si as a photonic platform. We review here recent progress in this field, focusing on efforts to make lasers, amplifiers, modulators and photodetectors on or in silicon. We also describe optimum quantum well design and distributed feedback cavity design to reduce the threshold and increase the efficiency and power output. The impact active silicon photonic integrated circuits could have on interconnects, telecommunications and on silicon electronics is reviewed. Biography: John Bowers holds the Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology, and is the Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency and a Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials at UCSB. He is a cofounder of Aurrion, Aerius Photonics and Calient Networks. Dr. Bowers received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and worked for AT{\&}T Bell Laboratories and Honeywell before joining UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Bowers is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the IEEE, OSA and the American Physical Society. He is a recipient of the OSA/IEEE Tyndall Award, the OSA Holonyak Prize, the IEEE LEOS William Streifer Award and the South Coast Business and Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He and coworkers received the EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for Most Promising Technology for the hybrid silicon laser in 2007. Bowers' research is primarily in optoelectronics and photonic integrated circuits. He has published ten book chapters, 600 journal papers, 900 conference papers and has received 54 patents. He has published 180 invited papers and conference papers, and given 16 plenary talks at conferences. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
L23.00005: Laser Material Processing in Manufacturing Invited Speaker: Marshall Jones This presentation will address some of the past, present, and potential uses of lasers for material processing in manufacturing. Laser processing includes welding, drilling, cutting, cladding, etc. The U.S. was the hot bed for initial uses of lasers for material processing in the past with Europe, especially Germany, presently leading the way. The future laser processing leader may still be Germany. Selected uses, past and present, of lasers within GE will also be highlighted as seen in such business units as Aviation, Lighting, Power and Water, Healthcare, and Transportation. [Preview Abstract] |
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