ICOOPMA 2008

 
Plenary and Invited Papers

PLENARY TALKS
Eli Yablonovitch
University of California Berkeley, USA

Nano-Photonics, From Photonic Crystals to Plasmonics
See Scientific American

And more

Alexander Gaeta
Cornell University, USA

Photonic Nanowires: Ideal Waveguides for Nonlinear Optics
See Research

See Optics Express paper

Jeff Young
University of British Columbia, Canada

Engineering Semiconductor Nanostructures to Miniaturize Nonlinear Optics
See Research

And more

Kenkichi Tanioka
Vice-President, NHK, Tokyo, Japan

Ultra-Sensitive Imaging with HARP : From Concept to Realization at NHK
See an image of a rainbow under moonlight taken with a HARP camera!

And Mount Fuji under star light    [Dr. Tanioka receives invitation for a Plenary in ICOOPMA08]

Yasuhiko Arakawa
University of Tokyo, Japan

Advances In Quantum Dots for Nanophotonic and Quantum Information Devices
See Research  See Short Biography

Klaus Ploog
Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics,
Berlin, Germany

Prospects of Conventional and Dilute III-Nitrides for Light Emitters and Solid-State Lighting
See Compound Semiconductor Article on Klaus Ploog  See research Impact  See Awards 
Professors Ploog (left) and Jagadish (right)

Arthur Nozik
DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colorado, USA

Third Generation Photovoltaics
See Biography and Research  See Professor Nozik at the University of Colorado

INVITED TALKS

The LOC is currently approaching leading researchers for invited talks. All invited talks must be suggested by members of the Advisory Committee or the Program Committee and must be approved by at least three members from the committee.

Bill Milne, University of Cambridge, UK, Carbon Nanotubes for Photonic Devices [Bill Milne] [Bill Milne Short Biography] [Abstract]

Magnus Willander, Linköping university, Sweden, Light Emission from different Zinc Oxide Junctions and Nanostructures [Abstract]

Hadis Morkoc, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, GaN Based Light Emitters [Hadis Morkoc] [Hadis Morkoc Short Biography] [Abstract]

Lan Fu  and Chennupati JagadishAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia, Quantum Dot Optoelectronics Devices [Chennupati Jagadish, See Professor Jagadish's research] [Abstract]

Mark Kuzyk, Washington State University, USA, Transmitting Mechanical Forces on a Beam of Light  [Mark Kuzyk] [Abstract]

Nobuyoshi Koshida, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan. Silicon Innovations by Nanosilicon [Abstract]

Mark Fox, University of Sheffield, UK, Ultrafast Non-Linear Switching in AlGaAs Photonic Crystals [Mark Fox] [Abstract]

Toshio Kamiya, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, Similarity and difference between silicon and oxide in amorphous semiconductors including structures, defects, doping and carrier transport [Abstract]

Andy Edgar, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.  Novel Scintillating Materials for Radiation Detection and Imaging [Abstract]

Stephen McKeever, Oklahoma State University, USA. Induced Luminescence for Dosimetry: Recent Advances  [Stephen McKeever] [Stephen McKeever Short Biography] [Abstract]

Arokia Nathan, University College, London University, UK Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors in Optoelectronics Applications

Hans Georg Limberger, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Light Induced Stresses in Silica Fibers  [Abstract]

Robert Collins, The University of Toledo, USA, Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductor: Recent Advances [Robert Collins] [Robert Collins Short Biography] [Abstract]

Heinz von Seggern, University of Darmstadt, Germany, Advances in Organic Light Emitting Transistors: Abstract]

Hiroyoshi Naito, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, Optical Spectroscopic Studies of Polyfluorene and its Copolymers [See Hiroyoshi Naito's research] [Abstract]

Jean-Marc Baribeau, NRC, Ottawa, Canada, Advances in Self-Assembled SiGe Dots and Nanostructures [Jean-Marc Baribeau] [Abstract]

Jong Heo, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, Tuning the Photoluminescence of Quantum Dots in Glasses [Abstract]

Jørn Hvam, Technical University of Denmark, Recent Advances in Nanophotonics [Jorn Hvam] [Jorn Hvam Short Biography] [Abstract]

Kazuo Morigaki, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Japan, Recombination Processes and Light-Induced Defect Creation in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon [Abstract]

Mike Petty, Durham University, UK, Towards Organic Solid State Lighting [Mike Petty] New See New Book by Professor Mike Petty New  [Abstract] [Mike Petty Short Biography]

Aasmund Sudbø, University of Oslo, University Graduate Center, Kjeller, Norway, Photonic Crystal Films [Aasmund Sudbø] [Abstract]

Leonid Tsybeskov, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA, Electro-Optics of Silicon Nanostructures [Leonid Tsybeskov] [Abstract]

Anderson Gomes, UFPE, Brazil, Metallic Nanoparticles for Photonics and Bio Applications [Abstract]

Matt Beard, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Golden, Colorado, USA, Mulitple Exciton Generation and Photo-Induced Charge Transport in Three Dimensional Arrays of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Progress Towards Third Generation Photovoltaics [Matt Beard] [Abstract]

Miloslav Frumar, Pardubice University, Czech Republic,  Recent Advances in Phase Change Memory Materials: Composition, Structure and Properties  [Abstract]

Osamu Wada, Kobe University, Japan, Quantum Dots and Semiconductor Nanostructures for Potonic Signal Processing Devices [See Osamu Wada''s research] [Osamu Wada - Open Access]  [Abstract]

Daniel Mittleman, Rice University, USA, Terahertz Spectroscopic Studies of Metal Oxides [Daniel Mittleman] [Abstract]

Patrick Desjardins, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, Bandgap Tuning of Quantum Dot Structures Using Grown-In Defects and Ion Implantation [Patrick Desjardins] [Abstract]

Yasufumi Fujiwara, Osaka University, Japan, Injection-type Light-Emitting Devices fabricated by atomically controlled doping of Er to GaAs [Abstract, Yasufumi Fujiawara]

Paul Braun, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, Adding Function to 3D Self-Organized Photonic Crystals through Materials Chemistry [Paul Braun] [Abstract]

Peter Jepsen, Technical University of Denmark, Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Molecular Crystals and Liquids [Peter Jepsen] [Peter Jepsen Short Biography] [Abstract]

Yasushi Nanishi, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, Potential, Achievements and Issues of InN and Related Alloys for Device Application [See Yasushi Nanishi's research] [Abstract]

Richard Blaikie, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Super-resolution Photolithography using Surface Plasmons [Abstract]

Ruediger Goldhahn, Institut für Physik, TU Ilmenau, Germany, Band Structure and Optical Properties of Nitride Semiconductors [Ruediger Goldhahn Short Biography] [Abstract]

Rodrigo Martins and Leonardo Silva, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, DCM/FCTUNL, Portugal, Characterization of Optoelectronic Platforms using an Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Silicon Biosensor  [Rodrigo Martins] [Biography] [Abstract]

Sergei Baranovski, Philipps University Marburg, Germany, Disorder Effects for Photoluminescence in Quantum Structures [Sergei Baranovski] [Abstract]

John Marsland, University of Liverpool, UK, Impact Ionization in Semiconductors: Recent Progress and Non-Local Effects [Abstract]

Takayuki Komatsu, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, Laser Patterning of Nonlinear Optical Single Crystal Lines in Glasses  [Abstract]  [Biography]  [See Takayuki Komatsu's research]  [See more of Takayuki Komatsu's research]

Vikram Dalal, Iowa State University, Ames, USA, Physics and Status of Thin Film Si Technology for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion [Vik Dalal] [Abstract]

Willie Padilla, Boston College, MA, USA, Metamaterial Electronics: New Materials for Novel Devices [Willie Padilla] [Abstract]

Yasutake Ohishi, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan, Novel Photonics Glasses for Future Optical Signal Processing [See Yasutake Ohishi's research] [Abstract]

Michael Fokine, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Manipulating Glass for Photonics [Michael Fokine Short Biography] [Abstract]

Ted Sargent, University of Toronto, Canada, Solution_Processed Infrared Optoelectronic Devices Based on Colloidal Quantum Dots [Ted Sargent and See Ted Sargent's book dance of the Molecules]  [Abstract]

Akihiko Yoshikawa, Chiba Univrsity, Japan, Novel InN/GaN MQW Visible-Light-Emitters Consisting of One Monolayer-Thick InN Wells Inserted in GaN Matrix [See Akihiko Yoshikawa's research] [Abstract]

Michael Brett, University of Alberta, Canada, GLAD Thin Films: Optical Properties and Photonics Applications  [Michael Brett and GLAD Thin Films] [Abstract]

Jean-Michel Nunzi, Queen's University, Canada, Auger Fountain Electroluminescence in an Organic Diode [Jean-Michel Nunzi and Abstract]

Ben Eggleton, The University of Sydney, Australia, Highly Nonlinear Chalcogenide Glass Devices for Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing [Ben Eggleton and more on Ben Eggleton] [Abstract]

Kimberlay Hall, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada,  Femtosecond Optical Studies of Spintronic Materials [Kimberley Hall] [Abstract]

Gerry Lucovsky, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, Microscopic Description of Strain-Reducing Chemical Bonding Self-Organizations in Chalcogenide and Oxide Non-Crystalline Alloys: Applications to Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices  [Gerry Lucovsky, Mysteries of DVD RAM] [Abstract]

Keiji Tanaka, A. Saitoh and N. Terakado, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Anisotropic Photodeformation of Chalcogenide Glasses by Optical Force   [Keiji Tanaka, See Professor Tanaka's Review] [Abstract]

Ken Bosnick, National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, Discrete Carbon Nanotube Diodes  [Ken Bosnick] [Abstract]

Kenji Kamada, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, Recent Advancements in Molecular Design of Molecular Two-Photon Absorbers [See Kenji Kamada''s research] [Abstract]

Edmund Linfield, University of Leeds, UK, Recent Developments in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers [Edmund Linfield] [Abstract]

Kerry Vahala, California Institute of Technology, USA,  The New Physics of back-action cooling and Amplification [Kerry Vahala] [Abstract]

Maria Mitkova, Boise State University, Idaho, USA,  Photoinduced Diffusion in Tetrahedrally Coordinated Chalcogenide Glasses [Maria Mitkova] [Abstract]

Animesh Jha, University of Leeds, UK,  Rare-earth doped tellurite glass near and mid-IR fibre lasers [Animesh Jha] [Abstract]

Shanhui Fan, Stanford University, California, USA,  Dynamic and Nonreciprocal Effects in Nanophotonics  [Shanhui Fan and Abstract]

Jonathan Knight, University of Bath, UK, How to Do New Things with Tiny Pieces of Glass: Nonlinear Optics in Photonic Crystal Fibers  [Jonathan Kinght] [Jonathan kinght's Research] [See paper in Nature] [Abstract]

Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas at Austin, USA, Recent Advances in Organic Optoelectronics  [Ananth Dodabalapur]

Thomas Krauss, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK,  Slow Light in Silicon [Thomas Krauss] [Abstract]

Giancarlo Righini, CNR Department of Materials and Devices, Roma, Italy, Photonic Properties and Applications of Glass Micro- and Nanospheres [Giancarlo Righini] [Abstract]

Michael Blair, Ross Muenchausen, Luiz Jacobsohn, Bryan Bennett, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Earth and Environmental Sciences Division), Los Alamos, USA, Luminescence and Structural Properties of Nanophosphors  [Abstract] [Biography]

Kaori Fukunaga, NICT, Tokyo, Japan, Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques for Non-Invasive Material Analysis [Abstract]

Mahi Singh, University Western Ontario, Canada, All-Photonic Switching In Nanophotonic Quantum Wells   [Abstract] [Biography]

Tom Tiedje, University British Columbia, Canada, Growth and Properties of Gallium Arsenide Bismide, a  New Long Wavelength Semiconductor   [Biography] [Abstract]

David Mills, Queen Mary University of London, Integrated Optics Devices for Biosensing Applications   [Abstract]

John Ballato, Clemson University, USA, Novel Light Emitting Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites [John Ballato]   [Abstract] See also [Comset]  

Setsuhisa Tanabe, Kyoto University, Japan Transparent Active Glass Ceramics Containing Fluorite Solid-Solutions for Lanthanide Applications  [Abstract]

Tomas Wagner, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, Properties and Structure of Agx(As33S(Se, Te)67)100-x Bulk Glasses and Films  [Abstract]

 


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