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OIDA Optical Fiber Communications Workshop 21 March 2012, Shanghai, China Register Today! This unique program features: international expert speakers, networking opportunities, an exhibit hall tour, conference materials and registration to the LASER World of Photonics China Trade Show Updated Presenters: ADVA, Jorg Elbers - NEW EOvation Technologies LLC, USA: Frederick Leonberger Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong: Andrew W. Poon Huawei Technologies North America, USA: Reg Wilcox WTD (Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co., Ltd.), China: Kevin Lu The workshop will focus on optical fiber communications networks, key components and markets. Current status and future trends in optical fiber communications will be discussed in both invited presentations and a panel discussion featuring the speakers. Workshop topics are described below. Markets – The status and forecast of the markets for fiber optic equipment and components will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on market drivers that provide impetus to system deployments and component demand. Networks – The most recent developments in telecommunications networks ranging from long haul to fiber to the home will be discussed. In long haul networks, topics for discussion include: recent & planned network deployments, economics of current and future 100 Gb/s systems, and key technological challenges and new research trends. In access/FTTH networks new architectures, network economics, and customer penetration will be discussed. Components – Key technologies for long-haul and metro systems and status of commercial devices and research results for 10, 40 and 100G applications, both for transmit and reconfiguration will be discussed. Additionally, in view of the tremendous research activity in integrated photonics in China, the workshop will feature a talk that summarizes the current status of integrated photonics research in China. About OIDA About LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA Register Today! Workshop partners:

Seminar Reminder: 2.2.12 / CREOL 102 / 3-4pm / Seminar: “Organic VECSELs: Towards Low-Cost UV-Visible Lasers”, Sébastien Chénais

Seminar: “Organic VECSELs: Towards Low-Cost UV-Visible Lasers”, Sébastien Chénais

CREOL 102

Thursday, February 2, 2012 / 3-4pm

Sébastien Chénais
Laser Physics Laboratory, University of Paris 13, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

Abstract:
Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Organic Lasers (VECSOLs) are the counterparts of VECSELs with organic solid-state gain materials, i.e. dye-doped polymer thin films or organic semiconductors. They combine the well-known properties of VECSELs (high conversion efficiency, excellent beam quality, power scaling capability, high versatility offered by the open cavity) with the key properties offered by organic thin films : low cost, ease of fabrication (by high-throughput processes such as spin coating, potentially ink-jet printing on large areas), broad emission spectra (typ. 100-nm wide) offering a high potential for wavelength tunability, easy chemical tuning (from near-UV to near-IR), and high gain. With a simple structure consisting of a plane highly-reflective mirror onto which a thin film of Rhodamine-640-doped PMMA layer was spin-cast and a concave output coupler closing the cavity, pumped by the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser (532 nm, 7 ns, 10 Hz), we achieved a record conversion efficiency of 60% with a diffraction-limited output at 620 nm. The open cavity allowed us to perform intracavity frequency doubling and obtaining a deep-UV laser continuously tunable from 309 to 322 nm, with 2% efficiency, in a very compact setup (1-cm long). Dynamical numerical simulations based on Statz-DeMars equations revealed that the very high gain cross sections (~10-16 cm²) combined to the short lifetime (~ns) of organics make the device performance highly dependent on cavity length and pump pulse duration. Photobleaching issues which are common to all organic solid-state lasers will be discussed.

For More Information:
Dr. Romain Gaume
gaume @ ucf. edu

2.3.12 / CREOL 102 / 1-1:30pm / Overview: “AFOSR: Basic Research for the United States Air Force”, Thomas W. Hussey

Overview: “AFOSR: Basic Research for the United States Air Force”, Thomas W. Hussey

CREOL 102

Friday, February 3, 2012 / 1-1:30pm

Dr. Thomas W. Hussey, Chief Scientist

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Abstract:

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is the arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that focuses exclusively on the far term. Across the Air Force there is a shared vision of dominating air, space, and cyber. The AFOSR vision and mission have the unique feature of focusing on revolutionary, transformational basic research, producing today’s breakthrough science for tomorrow’s Air Force. In addition to supporting AFRL in-house basic research, AFOSR provides over $300M/year in funding to over 200 leading U.S. universities. This presentation describes the strategy that underlies AFOSR investment in basic research and the broad technology areas in which its investment is focused. Examples of leading edge basic research will be provided and funding mechanisms will be described.

Biography:

Dr. Thomas W. Hussey is the Chief Scientist of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), located in Arlington, VA. AFOSR is the Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) responsible for executing the Laboratory’s basic research portfolio. Dr. Hussey is a member of the scientific and professional cadre of AF senior executives and is responsible for assuring the quality of AFOSR research and advising the Director on future emphasis for funding priorities. He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Dr. Hussey joined the Air Force Weapons Laboratory in 1975 as an active-duty AF officer and was responsible for the theoretical and numerical modeling of high-energy-density z-pinch plasmas for nuclear weapons effects simulation. He was first to quantify the effect of non-linear Rayleigh-Taylor instability on fast, hollow-core z pinches. He left the Air Force in 1979 and joined Sandia National Laboratories where he worked on a number of high-energy-density plasma problems, including z pinches, x-ray lasers, cathode plasma formation and evolution, hohlraum physics, and high-current-density electrodes. In 1991, Dr. Hussey joined the Phillips Laboratory, a predecessor organization to AFRL, to stand up a group responsible for the numerical simulation of high-energy-density plasmas. That group has subsequently been instrumental in developing and distributing, both inside and outside DOD, a series of plasma physics simulation codes. In 1995 he took over management of a division with responsibility for high-power microwave (HPM) source and pulsed-power development. From 1997 to 2000 he was a program manager for a customer-directed HPM effort and initiated development of a one-on-one engagement model effort for HPM electronic attack. In 2000 he was promoted to ST, named Senior Scientist for HPM Plasma Science, and served as Technical Advisor for the HPM division. In 2006 he was named Chief Scientist of AFOSR.

For More Information:

Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Dean, College of Optics and Photonics

besaleh @ creol. ucf. edu