Plenary Speakers
Alain Aspect, Institut d'Optique, France
Claude Fabre, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Sorbonne Université-UPMC, France
Gregory W. Forbes, QED Technologies, Australia
Cary Gunn, Genalyte, USA
Michal Lipson, Cornell University, USA
Ernst Wintner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Tutorial Speakers
1. Instrumentation, Optical Design, Color and Vision
Virendra N. Mahajan, Aerospace Corp., USA, Title to be Determined
Duncan T. Moore, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Title to be Determined
Yongtian Wang, Beijing Institute of Tech., China, Recent Progress in Research on True 3D Displays at Beijing Institute of Technology
Kurt Bernardo Wolf, Univ Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Position and Momentum in the Maxwell fish-eye
James C. Wyant, Univ. of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, USA, Testing of Aspheric Optical Surfaces
2. Wave Optics and Photonics for Information Processing
Miguel A. Alonso, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Ray-based Picture of Propagation-invariant Beams
Serguey G. Odoulov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine, Gratings Recording and Wave Mixing with sub-100fs Light Pulses
Wolfgang Osten, Universität Stuttgart, Germany, Remote Laboratories for Optical Metrology: From the Lab to the Cloud
3. Laser Science and Technology
Peter J. Delfyett, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, Ultrawideband Coherent Optical Signal Processing using Semiconductor Laser Based Optical Frequency Combs
Michael E. Donovan, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA, Lessons on Ultrahigh Peak Power Laser Performance from the Texas Petawatt Laser
Yeshaiahu Fainman, Univ. of California San Diego, USA, Nanoscale Engineering Optical Nonlinearities and Nanolasers
Ajoy Kumar Kar, Heriot-Watt University, UK, All Solid State Compact Waveguide Lasers
Alexander Kir'yanov, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Mexico, All-fiber 2-µm Off-Resonance Pumped Ytterbium-Holmium Laser
Wayne Knox, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Femtosecond Micromachining of Ophthalmic Materials for Vision Applications
Stojan Radic, Univ. of California San Diego, USA, Frequency Generation in Shock Wave Parametric Mixers
5. Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Andrew R. Chraplyvy, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA, Optical Systems: What Determined Their Evolutionary Path?
Guifang Li, CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, Space-Division Multiplexing for Optical Fiber Communication
Alan Willner, Univ. of Southern California, USA, Recent Advancements in Optical Orbital-Angular-Momentum Multiplexing
8. Designed Structures in Micro and Nano Dimensions for Photonics and Electronics
Cecilia Noguez, Univ Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Title to be Determined
Miguel Yacaman, Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA, Title to be Determined
9. Quantum and Nano Optics, Photonics and Electronics
Girish Agarwal, Oklahoma State Univ., USA, Title to be Determined
Antonio Badolato, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Title to be Determined
Luiz Davidovich, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Title to be Determined
Claude Fabre, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France, Full and Fast Characterization of a Highly Multimode Multipartite Entangled State Embedded in an Optical Frequency Comb for Quantum Computing Applications,
John Howell, Univ. of Rochester, USA, An Introduction to Weak Values
Andrew Jordan, Univ of Rochester; Chapman Univ., USA, The Quantum Path most Taken
Lev Vaidman, Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel, Title to be Determined
M. Suhail Zubairy, Texas A&M Univ., USA, Overcoming Rayleigh Limit in Optical Lithography
11. Nonlinear Optics
Gaetano Assanto, Universita degli Studi Roma, Italy, Nematicons
Invited Speakers
1. Instrumentation, Optical Design, Color and Vision
Alejandro Cornejo-Rodriguez, Inst Nat Astrofisica Optica Electronica, Mexico, Null Methods in Optical Testing
Daniel Malacara-Hernandez, CIO, Mexico, Some Interesting Facts About Polarization
Fernando Mendoza-Santoyo, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico, Electron Holographic Interferometry: Taking Advantage of the Wave Nature of Electrons
2. Wave Optics and Photonics for Information Processing
Sabino Chavez-Cerda, Inst. National Astrofisica Optica Electronica, Mexico, All You Wanted to Know About Optical Beams but Were Afraid to Ask
Chandra Roychoudhuri, Univ. of Connecticut, USA, Superposition Effect is a “local” Phenomenon when we Investigate the Processes Behind Release of Photo Electrons
Jorge Ojeda-Castaneda, Univ. of Guanajuato, Mexico, Vortex pairs for nonconventional imaging devices
Marija Strojnik, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica AC, Mexico, Detection of Planet in Nearby Solar System with Rotational Shearing Interferometer: Laboratory Concept Demonstration
Ricardo Weder, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Classical Dynamics of a Mobile Mirror and the Electromagnetic Field
3. Laser Science and Technology
Mario Degenais, Univ. of Maryland, USA, Challenges to the Concept of Intermediate Band Solar Cells based on Quantum Dots
Raul Rangel-Rojo, CICESE, USA, Metallic Nanoparticle Containing Waveguides for Nonlinear Optics
Axel Schulzgen, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, Advances in Multi-Core Fiber Lasers
4. Atomic Physics and Laser Spectroscopy
Vanderlei S. Bagnato, USP Institute de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Brazil, Trapped Atomic Superfluid: A New Window for the Investigation of Quantum Turbulence
Eden Figueroa, SUNY Stony Brook, USA, Room Temperature Quantum Memories: Operation and Cascading
Rocio Jauregui, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Structured Vectorial Beams and their Effects in Ultracold Atoms
Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, College of William & Mary, USA, Squeezed States of Light with Hot Atoms
Alessandro Sousa Villar, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, Quantum noise revisited: complete measurement of spectral field modes
Wolf von Klitzing,Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) - Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Greece,Ultra-high Flux Atom Lasers
5. Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Romeo Selvas Aguilar, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, Some Prospects for Tuning Mechanisms of Rare Earth Doped Fiber Laser
Miguel V. Andrés, Universitat de Valencia, Spain, In-fiber Time-resolved Acousto-Optics
Yuri O. Barmenkov, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Mexico, Nonlinear Dynamics of Actively Q-switched Fiber Lasers
Gilberto Brambilla, University of Southampton, UK
Evandro Conforti, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil, Speed and Noise Limits of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Space Switches and Wavelength-Reuse Schemes
Edward Connor, Vytran Corp, USA, Development of Fiber Optic Micro-Tapers for Sensing Applications
Hugo L. Fragnito, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, Nonlinear Fiber-Optics with Incoherent Sources
Juan Hernandez-Cordero, Univ Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Functional Polymer Coatings for Optical Fiber and other Photonic Devices
Kevin Hsu, Exalos, USA, Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography and Technology Trends
Husain Imam, NKT Photonics Inc, USA, Biomedical Applications made Possible with Supercontinuum Technology
Raman Kashyap, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada, Distributed Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating and Surface Plasmon Polariton Sensors
Ignacio Matias, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain, Fiber Optic Sensors based on Lossy Mode Resonances
Daniel May-Arrioja, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico, Multimode Interference Photonic Devices
Alexis Mendez, MCH Engineering, LLC, USA, Overview of Applications of Fiber Optic Sensors in the Oil Industry
Walter Margulis, Acreo, Sweden
Diana Tentori, CICESE, Mexico, Birefringence and Control of Polarization Effects in Single Mode Fibers
Joel Villatoro, ETSI- Communications Engineering, Spain, Functional Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensors
6. Biophotonics and Biomedical Applications
Jacques Albert, Carleton University, Canada, Surface Waves on Optical Fibers: A New Tool for Biochemical Sensing and Plasmonics
Hatice Altug, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Hand-Held and High-Throughput Biosensor with Plasmonics and Lens-Free Imaging
Carlos Lenz Cesar, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Fredrik Hook, Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola, Sweden, Optical waveguide-based single-molecule studies for medical diagnostics and drug screening applications
Francisco Gonzalez, UASLP, Mexico, Non-invasive Diagnosis of Filaggrin-related Atopic Dermatitis
Sheng-Lung Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Cellular-resolution Optical Coherence Tomography
Laura M. Lechuga, Consejo Sup Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain, Nanoplasmonic biosensors for label-free deciphering of cellular pathways
7. Integrated and Silicon Photonics
John Dallesasse, Univ. of Illinois, USA, Electronic-Photonic Integration Using the Light-Emitting Transistor
Sasan Fathpour, Univ. of Central Florida, CREOL, USA, Hybrid Silicon Photonic Platforms for Near- and Mid-Infrared Wavelengths
Qiang Lin, Univ. of Rochester, USA
Shayan Mookherjea, Univ. of California San Diego, USA
8. Designed Structures in Micro and Nano Dimensions for Photonics and Electronics
Rodrigo Amezcua, Univ. of Central Florida, CREOL, USA, Modeling Mode Instabilities In High Power Fiber Amplifiers
Ruben G. Barrera, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Colloidal Optics: From Transparency to Turbidity
Paul Braun, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Transformation Optics and 3D Photonic Crystals through Electrochemical Methods
Elder De la Rosa, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Mexico
Thoroh A. De Souza, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil, Ultrashort Pulse Generation based on 2D Materials
Newton Cesário Frateschi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, Planar CMOS Compatible Photonics Molecules and Spectral Engineering
Debashis Chanda, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, Optical Nano-Antenna based Uncooled Detection of Mid-Infrared Radiation
Sarath Gunapala, Jet Propulsion Lab, USA, Development of Quantum Well, Quantum Dot, and Antimonide Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors
Peter Halevi, Benemérita Univ Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico, Temporal Photonic Crystals
Amr S. Helmy, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, Broadband Low Phase Noise and RF-Free Optical Pulse Generation for Hybrid Integration
Paolo Mataloni, Univ degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy, 3-Dimensional Integrated Photonic Quantum Circuits: Applications and Perspectives
W. Luis Mochan, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Second Harmonic Generation in Nanostructured Metamaterials
Sang-Hyun Oh, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, Atomic Layer Lithography of Plasmonic Nanostructures for Sensing and Spectroscopy
Igor Sukhoivanov, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico, Nonlinear Pulse Reshaping in Optical Fibers
9. Quantum and Nano Optics, Photonics and Electronics
Luis Octavio Castaños Cervantes, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Phase Diagrams of 3-level Systems Interacting with Electromagnetic Radiation
Sebastiao de Padua, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, Entanglement Witnesses and Detection of Nonlocal Superpositions
Felipe Fernandez Fanchini, UNESP, Brazil, Non-Markovianity through Accessible Information
Andrei B. Klimov, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, Macroscopility and Localization in the Measurement Space
Paolo Mazzoldi, Univ. of Padova, Italy, Rare Earths Photoluminescence Enhancement Induced by Ultra-small Metal Nanoclusters: Plasmonic or Energy Transfer?
Carlos Monken, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Hector Moya-Cessa, Inst. Natational Astrofisica Optica Electronica, Mexico
Paulo Nussenzveig, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alfred U'Ren, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Mexico
Jose Javier Sánchez-Mondragón, Inst. Natational Astrofisica Optica Electronica, Mexico
Juan P. Torres, ICFO -The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain, Entanglement and Coherence
11. Nonlinear Optics
Pierre Brevet, Université de Lyon, France, Multipolar Nonlinear Optics with Metallic Nanoparticles
Cid Bartolomeu de Araujo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, High-Order Optical Nonlinearities in Condensed Matter
Domenico de Ceglia, National Research Council - AMRDEC, USA, Second Harmonic Light Scattering from Symmetric and Asymmetric Dipole Nanoantennas
Anderson S. L. Gomes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, Random Lasers: Recent Advances and Applications
David J. Hagan, University of Central Florida, CREOL, USA, Nondegenerate Two-photon Processes in Semiconductors
Tamas Kosa, Alphamicron, USA
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University, USA, Rubber Lasers
Nasser Peyghambarian, University of Arizona, USA
Bahman Taheri, Alphamicron, USA, Liquid Crystal Lasers
Eric Van Stryland, University of Central Florida / CREOL, USA
12. Optics and Photonics in Energy, Industry and Infrastructure
Cicero Martelli, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do PR, Brazil
Edgar Mendoza, REDONDO OPTICS, USA
Anthony Pisano, NKT Photonics Inc, USA, Optical Sensing Applications Utilizing Fiber Laser Solutions
Jose Luis Santos, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Optical Sensing Based in Plasmonics and the Metamaterials Enhancement Factor