Special Events

Joint Plenary Sessions

Monday, July 14
8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Salon E

Photonic Entanglement in Quantum Communication and Quantum Computation
Anton Zeilinger, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
In the 1970s Anton Zeilinger started his work on the foundations of quantum mechanics with neutron interferometry. These experiments included confirmation of the sign change of a spinor phase upon rotation, precision tests of the linearity of the Schrödinger equation, and many other fundamental tests.

Going beyond single-particle phenomena, Zeilinger became interested in quantum entanglement, where his most significant contribution is the discovery of what is today called “GHZ states” and their experimental realization. These were the first instances of multi-particle entanglement ever investigated. Such states have become essential in fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and in quantum information science. Since then, Zeilinger has performed many experiments with entangled photons, including quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography, all-optical one-way quantum computation and a number of quantum gates. In single-particle interference, he has performed a number of experiments in atom interferometry and in quantum interference of large molecules, like C60 and C70. These included very detailed studies of quantum decoherence. The technological progress in all these fields is making new fundamental tests possible. Most recently, Zeilinger became interested in tests of Leggett-type nonlocal theories and in fundamental phenomena in quantum entanglement of ultracold atoms, to name two examples.

The most important stages in the career of Anton Zeilinger include the Technical University of Vienna, MIT, the Technical University of Munich, the University of Innsbruck, the Collège de France, the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The Intimate Merger of Photonics and Computing
Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, SUN Microsystems, USA
Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy currently serves as Distinguished Engineer and Senior Director with the Sun Microsystems Microelectronics Physical Sciences Center in San Diego, California. He leads Sun’s photonics technology development effort and is the principal investigator on their DARPA UNIC program. Prior to this he was with AraLight as its President and CTO as part of a Lucent spinout, where he was responsible for leading product design and development for AraLight’s optical interconnect products. He has also served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Lucent’s New Venture group, and as a member of technical staff in the Advanced Photonics Research Department of Bell Labs where he investigated methods of integrating optical devices to Silicon VLSI circuits. He received the B.S. in engineering (Honors) from the California Institute of Technology, the M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and the Ph.D. in applied physics from the University of California at San Diego.

Dr. Krishnamoorthy serves on the technical advisory board for several optical technology start-ups and venture funds, and as a distinguished lecturer for IEEE/LEOS. He holds 40 patents and has contributed 150 technical publications, five book chapters and presented over 45 invited talks at international technical conferences. For his contributions to optoelectronics, and his service to technical societies, the Eta Kappa Nu society named him an outstanding young electrical engineer in 1999. He was awarded the 2004 international prize in optics by the ICO for his technical contributions to optics. He has also won several team awards, including Computerworld’s 2005 horizon award for innovation. Most recently, he received the 2006 chairman’s award for innovation by Sun Microsystems for his work on silicon optical interconnects for computing systems.

Tuesday, July 15
8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Salon E

Electro-Optic Modulation of Photons and Biphotons
Stephen E. Harris, Stanford Univ., USA.
Professor Stephen E. Harris received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959. In 1963 he became a member of the Stanford University faculty where he is now the Kenneth and Barbara Oshman Professor of Engineering with appointments in electrical engineering and applied physics. Professor Harris has advised about 60 Ph.D. students and is known for contributions to quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser science.

Entanglement, Information Processing and Decoherence in Trapped Atomic Ions
David Wineland, NIST, USA
David Wineland received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1970. After a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Washington, he joined NBS (now NIST), where he is the leader of the Ion-Storage Group (http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/ion) in the Time and Frequency Division at Boulder. The group’s research has focused on laser cooling and spectroscopy of trapped atomic ions with applications to atomic clocks, quantum-limited metrology and quantum state control.

Coherence Cloning and Phase Controlled Apertures Using Optical Phase-Lock Loops
Amnon Yariv, Caltech, USA
Amnon Yariv is the Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Caltech. He obtained the B.S. (1954), M.S. (1956) and Ph.D. (1958) in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He went to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey in 1959, joining the early stages of the laser effort. He came to the California Institute of Technology in 1964.

On the technical and scientific side, he took part (with various co-workers) in the discovery of a number of early solid-state laser systems, in proposing and demonstrating the field of semiconductor integrated optics, the suggestion and demonstration of the semiconductor distributed feedback laser and in co-pioneering the field of phase conjugate optics. His present research efforts are in the areas of nonlinear optics, semiconductor lasers and integrated optics with emphasis on communication and computation.

Dr. Yariv is a member of the American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Optical Society of America. He was the recipient of the 1980 Quantum Electronics Award of the IEEE, the 1985 University of Pennsylvania Pender Award, the 1986 Optical Society of America Ives Medal, the 1992 Harvey Prize, the 1998 OSA Beller Medal, an honorary doctorate, December 2000 from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and received a Laurea Honoris Causa, September 2007 from Universitá degli Studi dell’Aquila. Dr. Yariv was a founder and chairman-of-the-board of ORTEL Corporation (acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1998), and is a founder and a board member of a number of startup companies in the optical communications field.

Joint Poster Session

Monday, July 14
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Salon F
A total of 79 posters will be presented during the joint poster session.

Congress Reception

Tuesday, July 15
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Salon F
Join your colleagues for a joint reception to include attendees of all four meetings. Hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine will be served.

IPNRA  Special Session and Roundtable Discussion

ITuE • Computer Aided Design for Integrated and Nano Photonics
Tuesday, July 15
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Salon A/B

A special session for photonic commercial software developers, followed by a roundtable discussion is planned as part of IPNRA and all congress registrants are welcome to attend. The main photonic software companies such as RSoft, Optiwave, Photon Design and JCMWave will be represented. Topics to be discussed include:

• Technical challenges
• Assessment and validation of algorithms/software (standardization/normalization)
• Convergence of technologies (wireless-photonics, displays-photonics, etc.)

The session will conclude with a roundtable discussion focusing on additional non-technical aspects such as:

• Interaction with academy
• Job opportunities
• Vision of the market

Invited presentations:

Addressing Photonic Applications via a Broad Range of Integrated Simulation Methods, Robert Scarmozzino, E. Heller, M. Bahl; RSoft Design Group, Inc., USA

Designing Active Photonic Integrated Circuits Using TDTW, Dominic F. Gallagher; Photon Design, UK

Multi-Disciplinary Simulation of Electro-Opto-Thermal Networks Using a SPICE-Like Framework, Pavan Gunupudi1, Tom Smy1, Jackson Klein2, Jan Jakubczyk2; 1Carleton Univ., Canada, 2Optiwave Systems, Canada

JCMsuite: An Adaptive FEM Solver or Precise Simulations in Nano-Optics, Sven Burger, Lin Zschiedrich, Jan Pomplun, Frank Schmidt; JCMwave, Germany