Invited Speakers
Sensors 1- Micro and Nano-Engineered Sensors
Optical microfibers for fast current sensing, Gilberto Brambilla, University of Southampton, UK
Gas Detection with Micro and Nano-engineered Optical Fibers, Wei Jin, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Waveguiding Polymer Single-Nanofibers for Optical Sensing, Fuxing Gu, Zhejiang University, China
Micro-engineered optical fiber sensors fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining, Dong Ning Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sensors 2 - THz Sensing
Metamaterials for Terahertz Sensing and Detection, Richard Averitt, Boston University, USA
Coherent Terahertz Holographic and Tomographic Imaging, Henry Everitt, Army Research Office, USA
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers and Applications , Qing Hu, MIT, USA
Image Plane Coding for Terahertz Imaging, Eddie Jacobs, University of Memphis, USA
New Sources and Schemes for Terahertz Spectroscopy, Martin Koch, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy of Large-Area Single-Layer Graphene, Yun-Shik Lee, Oregon State University, USA
Sensors 3 - Imaging Sensors
Real-Time Blood-Flow Characterization Using Laser Speckle Imaging, Bernard Choi, Univ. of California at Irvine, USA
Medical Diagnostics and Prognostics via Infrared and Raman Spectral Imaging, Max Diem, Northeastern Univ., USA
Imaging the assembly and dynamics of individual protein complexes in living cells, Jacob Piehler, Osnabrueck Univ., Germany
Sensors 4 - Fiber Optical Sensors
Fiber Optic Distributed Sensing with Active Self-heating, Kevin P. Chen, Pittsburgh Univ., USA
Temperature and Refractive Index Multimode Interference Fiber Sensors, Cristiano M.B. Cordeiro, Unicamp, Brazil
Miniature Fiber Acoustic Sensors and Sensor Array Using Photonic-Crystal Membrane, Michel Difonnet, Stanford University, USA
Implementation and characterization of polarimetric heterodyning fiber grating laser sensors, Bai-Ou Guan, Jinan University, China
Remote sensing networks for fiber optic sensors, Manuel Lopez Amo, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain
New Platforms for Chemical, Biological and Radiation Sensing based on Emerging Micro and Nanostructured Optical Fibres, Tanya Monro, University of Adelaide, Australia
Gas sensing using material and structural slow light systems, Luc Thevenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Sensors 5 - Laser based Sensors
Parallel Phase-shifting Digital Holography for Recording 3-D Motion Pictures of Dynamic Phenomena, Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
SLM-based Multipoint Vibrometry, Tobias Haist, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Thermal characteristics of rare-earth-doped optical fibers and their applications to temperature sensing, Yoonchan Jeong, Seoul National University, South Korea
Adaptive Optics by Digital Holography, Myung Keun Kim, University of South Florida, USA
In vivo Molecular Labeling of Halogenated Volatile Anesthetics using Adaptively Phase-modulated Femtosecond Pulses, Kazuhiko Misawa, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Sensors 6 - Optical Chemical and Biological Sensors
Aerosol Threat Detection: Single Particle Scattering and Spectroscopy, Jay Eversole, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Spectroscopic Techniques for Proximal Hazard Detection, Paul Pelligrino, Army Research Laboratory, USA