Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Distinguished Seminar Series: "Petapixel photography and the limits of camera capacity" by Dr. David Brady 1.24.14/ 11:00am-12:00pm/ CREOL Room 102

Distinguished Seminar Series: "Petapixel photography and the limits of camera capacity" by Dr. David Brady
Friday, January 24, 2014 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CREOL Room 102

Dr. David Brady
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Endowed Professor of Photonics at Duke University

Abstract:
Multiscale design and physical layer compression may enable digital cameras to reach diffraction and photon-limited information capacity. This talk considers these limits and describes strategies for reaching diffraction limited resolution with >10 gigapixels and implementing compressive temporal, focal and exposure coding to quantum information limits.

Biography:
David Brady is the Michael J. Fitzpatrick Endowed Professor of Photonics at Duke University, where he leads the Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program. Brady's contributions to computational imaging system development include lensless white light imaging, optical projection tomography, compressive holography, reference structure tomography, coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging and coded aperture x-ray scatter imaging. He is currently the principal investigator for the DARPA AWARE Wide Field of View project, which aims to build compact streaming gigapixel scale imagers and the DARPA Knowledge Enhanced Exapixel Photography project, which focuses on code design for high pixel count spectral imagers. He is the author of Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy (Wiley-OSA, 2009) and is a Fellow of IEEE, SPIE and OSA.

For additional information:
Dr. Bahaa E. A. Saleh
Dean & Director, Professor of Optics
407-882-3326
besaleh @ creol . ucf . edu


LightPath Technologies, Inc. Opens Second High Volume Manufacturing Facility in China

ORLANDO, FL -- December 17, 2013 -- LightPath Technologies, Inc. (“LightPath,” the “Company” or “we”) (NASDAQ: LPTH), a global manufacturer, distributor and integrator of proprietary optical components and high-level assemblies, announced today the formation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary, LightPath Optical Instrumentation (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. (“LOIZ”), located in Zhenjiang, which is in the Jiangsu province of China.  LOIZ is LightPath’s second operating entity in China.  The Company currently occupies a 22,000 square foot facility in Orlando, Florida.  LightPath Optical Instrumentation (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. occupies a 17,000 square foot facility in Shanghai, China.  LOIZ will occupy a 26,000 square foot facility in Zhenjiang, China.  LOIZ’s facility will triple the Company’s combined global lens production capacity. 
Commenting on the Company’s expansion, LightPath Chief Executive Officer Jim Gaynor said, “Demand for our aspheric lenses has accelerated in both our North American and Asian sales regions. The Company’s lens unit volume production increased by approximately 50% in fiscal 2013 as compared to fiscal 2012. Our backlog as of September 30, 2013 had grown to $4.42 million.  A primary catalyst driving this increased demand is the Company’s proprietary technology and manufacturing processes which have lowered the cost of lenses we provide to our customers.  As a result, there has been a paradigm shift in demand creation among end users in markets such as laser tools, telecommunications, digital projectors, industrial equipment and medical instruments.”
Mr. Gaynor continued, “We recently completed very favorable negotiations with the Economic Development Committee of Zhenjiang Science & Technology New City to form our new wholly-owned subsidiary, LOIZ, and open its manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang.  We would like to thank the officials in the city of Zhenjiang and other Chinese agencies which led to the selection of this city for the location of LOIZ’s manufacturing facility and our expansion into a second Chinese city.    LOIZ’s new location provides us access to excellent infrastructure, high speed rail service, a well-educated technical work force, and proximity to the highly acclaimed Optical College at the University of Zhenjiang.”
Mr. Gaynor concluded, “The low rental rates and wages in Zhenjiang will give us a solid platform to continue growing our high-volume business for precision molded optics. Work is underway to build out the factory and production is planned to start during the first half of 2014.  We estimate our manufacturing costs could be up to 40% lower at this new facility once we are at full production levels. The new plant will be focused on manufacturing, with administrative functions, engineering and sales supported from our operations in Shanghai and Orlando.”.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath (NASDAQ: LPTH) manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser components utilizing proprietary automation technology, higher-level assemblies and packing solutions. The Company's products are used in various markets, including industrial, medical, defense, test & measurement and telecommunications. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio that has been granted or licensed to us in these fields.  For more information, visit www.lightpath.com. GRADIUM® is a registered trademark of LightPath Technologies.

This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our ability to expand our presence in certain markets, future sales growth, continuing reductions in cash usage and implementation of new distribution channels. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intention or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Distinguished Seminar Series: "Silicon Photonics: The Optical Spice Rack" by Michal Lipson/ 4.11.14/ 11:00am-12:00pm/ CREOL 102

Distinguished Seminar Series: "Silicon Photonics: The Optical Spice Rack" by Michal Lipson
Friday, April 11, 2014 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CREOL Room 102

Michal Lipson
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University

Abstract:
Silicon is evolving as a versatile photonic platform with multiple functionalities that can be seamlessly integrated. The tool box is rich starting from the ability to guide and amplify multiple wavelength sources at GHz bandwidths, to optomechanical MEMS and opto-fluidics devices. As an example of novel device capabilities, I will discuss the generation of strong optical forces in these ultra small light confining structures. We have recently shown that optical forces can enable controllable, static manipulation of photonic structures, an important step towards enabling recently proposed functionalities for optomechanical devices, such as self-aligning and optical corralling behaviour. These advances should enable future micro-optomechanical systems (MOMS) with novel and distinct functionalities.

Biography:
Michal Lipson is a Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering here at Cornell University. Her research focuses on novel on-chip Nanophotonics devices. She holds numerous patents on novel micron-size photonic structures for light manipulation, and is the author of over 150 technical papers in journals in Physics and Optics. She has pioneered several of the critical building blocks for silicon photonics including the GHz silicon modulators. Professor Lipson's honors and awards include the MacArthur Fellow, OSA Fellow, IEEE Fellow, IBM Faculty Award, and NSF Early Career Award


Tuesday, December 10, 2013

TODAY! IEEE Photonics Society student chapter seminar:"Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: 30 Years of Photonic Start-ups in Academia and Industry” by Dr. Simon Poole 12.10.13/2:00-3:00pm/A214

IEEE Photonics Society student chapter seminar:"Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: 30 Years of Photonic Start-ups in Academia and Industry” by Dr. Simon Poole
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
CREOL Room A214


Dr. Simon Poole

Finisar, Australia
Simon.poole@finisar.com

Abstract:
Every company – even the largest household names such as Google or Apple or even IBM - begins life as a start-up. Drawing on experience gained from Dr. Poole’s extensive start-up history, this presentation will look at how some of the companies and research groups in which Dr. Poole has been involved got started, what they did and how they subsequently developed and thrived. The presentation aims to inspire researchers who are considering how to commercialize their research to take the next steps and move out of the research lab and into the brave new world of commercialization. Dr. Simon Poole is an engineer/entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in photonics in research, academia and industry. He has been involved in numerous successful start-ups in both Academia and industry and is renowned for both his contribution to the technology of photonics as well as the companies he has founded.

Biography:
Dr. Simon Poole is an engineer/entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in photonics in research, academia and industry. He obtained his PhD from Southampton University in 1987 and was a member of the team that invented the Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) in 1985. In 1988-1995 he founded Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (APCRC) at the University of Sydney. In 1995 Dr.Poole led the first spin-off company Indx Pty Ltd which manufactured Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) for optical communications. Indx was acquired by Uniphase Corporation (now JDS Uniphase) for $US6m and subsequently grew to over 300 people with exports of over $100m pa. In 2001, Dr. Poole raised $13m in VC funding for Engana. The company, now Finisar Australia, employs 280 people in Sydney and a similar number in China, with annual sales of Wavelength Selective Switches of >$100m pa. In 2008 Dr. Poole started a new group within Finisar, the first business within this group was the highly successful WaveShaper range of Programmable Optical Processors which already has sales of over $6m pa.

For additional information:
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Chair: Zhenyue Luo zhenyueluo @ creol . ucf . edu
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Advisor: Prof.S.T.Wu swu @ ucf . edu

TODAY! Joint Student Chapter Seminar: "Research in Photonics" National Taiwan University 12.10.13/4:00-5:00pm/ A214

Joint Student Chapter Seminar: "Research in Photonics" National Taiwan University
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
CREOL Room A214
"Device Design for Display, Lighting, and Solar Cell"

Dr. Jiun-Haw Lee
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Prof. Lee’s main research topics include device design of organic light-emitting diode, reflective liquid crystal display, organic solar cell, CuInGaSe solar cell, and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cell for applications in flat panel display, lighting, and solar cell technologies.

Biography:
Dr. Jiun-Haw Lee received the BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering all from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1994, 1995, and 2000, respectively. From 2000 to 2003, he was with RiTdisplay Corporation as a technical director. Since 2003, he joined the faculty of National Taiwan University in the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he is currently a professor. He has co-authored 70 journal papers, over 200 conference papers, and 49 patents.

"Oxide-Based Thin-Film Electronics"

Dr. I-Chun Cheng

Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Dr. I-Chun Cheng’s main research area focuses on novel silicon-based and transition-metal-oxide-based thin-film technologies for flexible large-area electronics. In the seminar, she will introduce her work on oxide-based thin-film devices, including flexible transparent p-n junction diodes, n-channel MgZnO/ZnO heterojunction thin-film transistors, and p-channel SnO thin-film transistors.

Biography:
I-Chun Cheng received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 2004. Following her degree, she became a research associate at Princeton University. She joined the faculty of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 2007, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics. She has primarily worked in the field of novel silicon thin-film technology, metal oxide thin-film technology, photoelectrochemical solar cells and flexible large-area electronics.

"Device Modeling for Lighting, Solar Cell, and High Speed Transistor"

Dr. Yuh-Renn Wu
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Prof. Wu’s main research areas include device simulation on light emitting diodes, solar cells, and high speed transistors. His research efforts focus on developing the simulation software, model verification, device design and application. The software developed in his lab including 1D-3D FEM Poisson, drift-diffusion, and Schrodinger solver, k.p solver, and Monte Carlo program, which can be used in most semiconductor related devices.

Biography:
Dr. Yuh-Renn Wu received his B.S. in Physics and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006. He is also a visiting scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara, during 2011. He is currently an associate professor in Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronic and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University. His area of research is in physics, design of optoelectronic devices and high power electronics. His current research includes the studies of nitride based quantum well, quantum wire, and quantum dot LEDs, high power and high speed electronics, ferroelectrics, and optoelectronic devices. Dr. Wu has authored and coauthored 50+ SCI papers. Dr. Wu has developed 1D-3D FEM Poisson, Schrodinger, thermal and drift-diffusion solver. This solver includes self-consistent Poisson-k.p solver. His lab has developed many useful simulation tools including GUI interface and these tools can be downloaded at http://yrwu-wk.ee.ntu.edu.tw/

For additional information:
SID UCF Student Branch Chair: Daming Xu, damingxu @ knights . ucf . edu
IEEE Photonics Society Chair: Zhenyue Luo, zhenyueluo @ knights . ucf . edu
SID & IEEE UCF Student Chapters advisor: Prof. Shin-Tson Wu, swu @ ucf . edu

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Joint Student Chapter Seminar: "Research in Photonics" National Taiwan University /12.10.13/ 4:00pm-5:00pm/ CREOL Room A214

Joint Student Chapter Seminar: "Research in Photonics" National Taiwan University
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
CREOL Room A214

"Device Design for Display, Lighting, and Solar Cell"
Dr. Jiun-Haw Lee
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Prof. Lee’s main research topics include device design of organic light-emitting diode, reflective liquid crystal display, organic solar cell, CuInGaSe solar cell, and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cell for applications in flat panel display, lighting, and solar cell technologies.

Biography:
Dr. Jiun-Haw Lee received the BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering all from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1994, 1995, and 2000, respectively. From 2000 to 2003, he was with RiTdisplay Corporation as a technical director. Since 2003, he joined the faculty of National Taiwan University in the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he is currently a professor. He has co-authored 70 journal papers, over 200 conference papers, and 49 patents.

"Oxide-Based Thin-Film Electronics"
Dr. I-Chun Cheng

Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Dr. I-Chun Cheng’s main research area focuses on novel silicon-based and transition-metal-oxide-based thin-film technologies for flexible large-area electronics. In the seminar, she will introduce her work on oxide-based thin-film devices, including flexible transparent p-n junction diodes, n-channel MgZnO/ZnO heterojunction thin-film transistors, and p-channel SnO thin-film transistors.

Biography:
I-Chun Cheng received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 2004. Following her degree, she became a research associate at Princeton University. She joined the faculty of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 2007, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics. She has primarily worked in the field of novel silicon thin-film technology, metal oxide thin-film technology, photoelectrochemical solar cells and flexible large-area electronics.

"Device Modeling for Lighting, Solar Cell, and High Speed Transistor"
Dr. Yuh-Renn Wu
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Abstract:
Prof. Wu’s main research areas include device simulation on light emitting diodes, solar cells, and high speed transistors. His research efforts focus on developing the simulation software, model verification, device design and application. The software developed in his lab including 1D-3D FEM Poisson, drift-diffusion, and Schrodinger solver, k.p solver, and Monte Carlo program, which can be used in most semiconductor related devices.

Biography:
Dr. Yuh-Renn Wu received his B.S. in Physics and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006. He is also a visiting scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara, during 2011. He is currently an associate professor in Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronic and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University. His area of research is in physics, design of optoelectronic devices and high power electronics. His current research includes the studies of nitride based quantum well, quantum wire, and quantum dot LEDs, high power and high speed electronics, ferroelectrics, and optoelectronic devices. Dr. Wu has authored and coauthored 50+ SCI papers. Dr. Wu has developed 1D-3D FEM Poisson, Schrodinger, thermal and drift-diffusion solver. This solver includes self-consistent Poisson-k.p solver. His lab has developed many useful simulation tools including GUI interface and these tools can be downloaded at http://yrwu-wk.ee.ntu.edu.tw/

For additional information:

SID UCF Student Branch Chair: Daming Xu, damingxu @ knights . ucf . edu
IEEE Photonics Society Chair: Zhenyue Luo, zhenyueluo @ knights . ucf . edu
SID & IEEE UCF Student Chapters advisor: Prof. Shin-Tson Wu, swu @ ucf . edu

Monday, December 2, 2013

IEEE Photonics Society student chapter seminar: "Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: 30 Years of Photonic Start-ups in Academia and Industry” by Dr. Simon Poole
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
CREOL Room A214


Dr. Simon Poole

Finisar, Australia
Simon.poole@finisar.com

Abstract:
Every company – even the largest household names such as Google or Apple or even IBM - begins life as a start-up. Drawing on experience gained from Dr. Poole’s extensive start-up history, this presentation will look at how some of the companies and research groups in which Dr. Poole has been involved got started, what they did and how they subsequently developed and thrived. The presentation aims to inspire researchers who are considering how to commercialize their research to take the next steps and move out of the research lab and into the brave new world of commercialization. Dr. Simon Poole is an engineer/entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in photonics in research, academia and industry. He has been involved in numerous successful start-ups in both Academia and industry and is renowned for both his contribution to the technology of photonics as well as the companies he has founded.

Biography:
Dr. Simon Poole is an engineer/entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in photonics in research, academia and industry. He obtained his PhD from Southampton University in 1987 and was a member of the team that invented the Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) in 1985. In 1988-1995 he founded Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (APCRC) at the University of Sydney. In 1995 Dr.Poole led the first spin-off company Indx Pty Ltd which manufactured Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) for optical communications. Indx was acquired by Uniphase Corporation (now JDS Uniphase) for $US6m and subsequently grew to over 300 people with exports of over $100m pa. In 2001, Dr. Poole raised $13m in VC funding for Engana. The company, now Finisar Australia, employs 280 people in Sydney and a similar number in China, with annual sales of Wavelength Selective Switches of >$100m pa. In 2008 Dr. Poole started a new group within Finisar, the first business within this group was the highly successful WaveShaper range of Programmable Optical Processors which already has sales of over $6m pa.

For additional information:
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Chair: Zhenyue Luo zhenyueluo @ creol . ucf . edu
IEEE Photonics Society Student Chapter Advisor: Prof.S.T.Wu swu @ ucf . edu