Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA)

OSA Optics & Photonics Congress and Tabletop Exhibits

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Submissions Deadline: March 3, 2009, 12:00 p.m. noon, EST (17.00 GMT)
Housing Deadline: June 9, 2009
Pre-Registration Deadline: June 18, 2009

2009 Meeting Chairs

General Chairs

Mark Earnshaw, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Anand Gopinath, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

Program Chairs

Andrea Melloni, DEI, Italy
Liming Zhang, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

About Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA)

This year, the Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications Topical Meeting will cover all aspects of research in integrated photonics and nanophotonics, featuring innovative science and engineering results. Topics include active and compound semiconductor devices; dielectric waveguides and waveguide devices; modeling and numerical simulation; integrated diffractive optics; microphotonics; and the generation, detection, and transport of optical fields on the “nanoscale.” Application areas within the scope of this meeting include telecommunications, information technology, optical computing, optical storage, displays, environmental monitoring, biomedical science and instrumentation, and quantum information processing and communication.  Nanophotonics is on a scale ranging from individual atoms, molecules or their clusters, to that of subwavelength effective media and photonic crystals.

Topics to be Considered

• Silicon or Other Group IV Waveguide Photonics Including SOI-based materials – active, light emitters or lasers isolation, amplifiers, passives, and complex circuits.
• Active and Compound Semiconductor Devices: Active III-V semiconductor devices; compound semiconductor modulators; filters; switches; wavelength converters; VCSELs; planar amplifiers; photonic integrated circuits and optoelectronic integrated circuits; compound semiconductor WDM components; novel III-V quantum optoelectronic devices; III-V materials and processing for photonics; reliability advances and issues; and emerging packaging technologies.
• Dielectric and Polymer Waveguides and Waveguide Devices: Integrated planar waveguides; polymer-based waveguide devices; active/passive integrated components; switches; variable optical attenuators; modulators; filters; integrated isolators and circulators; planar dispersion compensators; materials and fabrication technologies for photonic integrated circuits; characterization of linear and nonlinear optical waveguide devices; micro-machines and micro-optic components; parallel optical interconnects; reliability advances and issues; novel assembly and manufacturing techniques; and low-cost technology for polymer devices.
• LiNbO₃ - and Other Metal-Oxide-Based Switches and Modulators: Ultrahigh-speed; low-Vπ; devices; integrated scanners; and new fabrication methods.
• Modeling, Numerical Simulation and Theory: Optical-system modeling; numerical and semi-analytical methods for guided-wave optics; active, passive and nonlinear component modeling; WDM component design; advances in computational algorithms, physics and coupled models for integrated photonic circuits.
• Microphotonics: Simulation, modeling and experimental characterization of microcavity and other high confinement structures, waveguides, resonators, filters, add-drop integrated optical circuits, metallic and metallodielectric waveguides.
• Inhomogeneous Materials (e.g., Composite Dielectrics, Semiconductors, Metals and Metallodielectrics): Anisotropic; dispersive; efficient light extraction; nonlinear optical materials; and dynamically configurable.
• Nano-Engineered Devices for Generation, Transport, and Detection of Light: Resonators; light sources; quantum information; modulators; nano-MEMS; biophotonics; biological and chemical transducers and sensors; and efficient mode matching.
• Nanofabrication Technology: Lithography techniques; growth and deposition approaches; self-organized methods; and etching.
• Characterization Tools on the Nanoscale
• Modeling and Simulation Tools
• Photonic Crystals, Waveguides, and Fibers
• Nanoscale Integration of Planar, Free-Space, and Mixed Subsystems