BGPP Invited Speakers
Plenary
Philip Russell
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Nanoscale Glass Blowing
Abstract: The past 15 years has seen the emergence of glass fibers with intricate transverse microstructures, often with nanoscale features. Their ability to guide and manipulate light in unexpected ways has led to many novel applications.
Eric Udd
Columbia Gorge Research, USA
Fire and Ice: 25 Years or Applying Fiber Optic Sensor Technology
Abstract: Since 1987 I have been heavily involved in identification of application that matched up well with fiber gratings sensors. Because initial costs were and in some cases continue to be high this often involved environmental measurements that were difficult and in some cases had not been performed using conventional sensor approaches. Much of my work has been in aerospace and has ranged from cryogenic measurements associated with liquid oxygen tanks to rocket nozzles...somewhat more hostile environments than "fire and ice". Along the way I diversified into applying fiber gratings sensor technology to civil structures, oil and gas, medical, utility and other areas. This paper provides a short summary of some of these ventures which I hope will be as interesting to readers as it has been to me.
BGPP 1: Fundamentals of Photosensitivity and Poling
Femtosecond direct writing of linear and nonlinear optical properties in photosensitive glass, Lionel Canioni, LOMA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
Optical Anisotropy of Self-assembled Nanostructure in Glass, Yasuhiko Shimotsuma, Kyoto Univ., Japan
BGPP 2: Grating Properties and Fabrication Techniques
Waveguide Bragg Gratings for the Realization of High-Quality Monolithic Cavities, Edward H. Bernhardi, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
Monolithic Fiber Lasers for the Mid-infrared, Real Vallee, Université Laval, Canada
BGPP 3: Applications of Gratings and Poled Glass
Advances and Prospects of Frequency Doublers Based on Periodically Poled Silica Fibres, Costantino Corbari, University of Southampton, UK
Plasmons and nanoparticle coatings on optical fibers: playing with Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings, Jacques Albert, Carleton University, Canada
BGPP FBG Sensor Symposium
Measuring Detonation, Deflagration and Burn Velocities with Fiber-optic Bragg Grating Sensors, Jerry Benterou, Lawrence Livermore National, USA
Miniaturized Photonic Sensors with Fiber Lasers, Geoffrey Cranch, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Regenerated Gratings for Optical Sensing in Harsh Environments, John Canning, University of Sydney, Australia
Polymer Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings, David Webb, Aston University, UK
Advanced Optical FBG Sensor Systems and Examples of their Application in Energy Facility
Monitoring, Reinhardt Willsch, Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
High Temperature Fiber Sensors for Energy Applications, Kevin Chen, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Title to be Announced, Ye Fang, Corning Inc., USA
