Special Symposia at Frontiers in Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV
Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research
Schawlow-Townes Symposium on 50 Years of the Laser
NASA at 50
Polarized Light: 200 Years since Malus' Discovery
A Tribute to Howard Schlossberg
Best of Topicals
Quantum Optics and Quantum Engineering for Undergraduates Symposium
The Stiles-Crawford Effects of the First and Second Kinds, 75 Years of Scientific Achievements
Laser Science Symposium on Undergraduate Research
Monday, October 20, 2008, 1:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m
Symposium organizer: Harold Metcalf, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA
This special DLS annual symposium is rapidly becoming one of the most successful DLS traditions (this year's is the eighth of a series that began at the Long Beach meeting in 2001). During the past several years the number of undergraduates presenting papers has grown from fewer than 20 to more than 30, and the talks have been of outstanding quality, some absolutely stellar. Last year's posters were outstanding as well, and generated a great deal of lively interest and on-the-spot discussion. This year's symposium will consist of afternoon poster and oral sessions. The event provides an opportunity for some of the student members of our community, who are already among the finest young scientists to be found anywhere, to present their work before an audience of their peers as well as the larger optics community. All are invited and encouraged to attend the sessions.
Schawlow-Townes Symposium on 50 Years of the Laser
Monday, October 20, 2008, 1:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Symposium organizers: Robert Boyd1, Martin Richardson2, 1Univ. of Rochester., USA, 2CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the classic paper by Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes [Infrared and Optical Masers, Phys. Rev. 112, 1940 (1958)] that ushered in the age of the laser. In celebration of this occasion, a special symposium is being held in conjunction with the 2008 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics. The symposium will be held on the afternoon of Monday, October 20. Professor Townes will be present at this event and will deliver a talk on the early history and the development of the laser. We have also arranged to have invited presentations by some of the early pioneers in laser science.
Invited Speakers:
SMB1, Initiation and Development of the Laser, Charles H. Townes; Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA
SMB2, The World in a New Light, Steven Chu1,2; 1Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, USA, 2Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA
SMD1, From Millisecond to Attosecond Laser Pulses, Nicolaas Bloembergen; Univ. of Arizona, USA
SMD2, From Gas Lasers and Tunable Raman Lasers to Quantum Cascade Lasers, Kumar Patel; Pranalytica Inc, USA
SMD3, How the Maser and Laser Came to Be, Anthony E. Siegman; Stanford Univ., USA
SMD4, Looking Back to the Laser of Schawlow and Townes, and Looking forward to the Generation of Gravitational Radiation, Raymond Chiao; Univ. of California at Merced, USA
NASA at 50
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Symposium organizers: Peter Blake, Mark Clampin, Bruce Dean, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA
It’s been 50 years since the creation of NASA. The resulting extension of mankind’s vision and presence into space has transformed our conception of the universe and of ourselves. This symposium will celebrate the iconic achievements: the challenges, failures and discoveries that optical science and engineering have encountered in NASA’s missions. In human exploration, astronomy and earth science, participants deeply involved in past and future missions will engage us with their stories, lessons and achievements in technology and science. We expect to hear science history, background tutorial, personal history and inspirational lessons; and we hope to get a glimpse of our future.
Invited Speakers:
STuA1, Recovery of the Hubble: Discovery, Cause, Characterization and Mitigation of the Aberration
James B. Breckinridge1,2; 1JPL, USA, 2Caltech, USA
STuA2, Wavefront Sensing for Hubble Recovery, James R. Fienup; Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester, USA
STuA3, Advancing Science with the Hubble Space Telescope, Ken Sembach; Space Telescope Science Inst., USA
STuB1, Large Space Optics: From Hubble to JWST and Beyond, H. Philip Stahl; NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr., USA
STuB2, Sparse Aperture Space Telescopes, Interferometry and Astrometry, Michael Shao; JPL, USA
STuB3, NASA High Contrast Imaging for Exoplanets, Richard Lyon; NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA
STuC1, Evolution of Optical Systems for Planetary Science from Ranger to the Present, Fred E. Vescelus1,2; 1JPL, USA, 2Caltech, USA
STuC2, Spitzer and Other Planetary Systems, George H. Rieke; Univ. of Arizona, USA
STuC3, The James Webb Space Telescope, Mark Clampin; NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA
STuC4, The Future of Astronomy in Space, Lee D. Feinberg; NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., USA
STuD1, Historical Overview of Earth Science from Space, Stanley Q. Kidder; Cooperative Inst. for Res. in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State Univ., USA
STuD2, Laser Measurement of Atmospheric Components, Norman P. Barnes; NASA Langley Res. Ctr., USA
STuD3, Global Observations: One Perspective on the Future, Berrien Moore; Climate Central, USA
Polarized Light: 200 Years since Malus' Discovery
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m
Symposium organizers: Thomas G. Brown1, Taco D. Visser2, 1Univ. of Rochester, USA, 2Vrije Univ., Netherlands
Two hundred years after Malus' discovery, the study of polarization and polarization-driven optical phenomena is as active as ever. Increasingly accurate control of polarization, combined with expanded thinking about the role of polarization in imaging, laser beam propagation, focusing and coherence, has spawned an interest in new phenomena that may lie hidden in our established understanding of the fundamentals of polarized light. This symposium highlights the wide range of polarization-related research in optical science and engineering.
Invited Speakers:
SWA1, Recent Developments in Theory of Polarization of Stochastic Light Beams, Emil Wolf; Univ. of Rochester, USA
SWA2, Polarization Effects in High Field Interactions, Chunlei Guo; Univ. of Rochester, USA
SWA3, Singularities in the Near Field of a Photonic Crystal, L. (Kobus) Kuipers; Ctr. for Nanophotonics, FOM Inst. AMOLF, Netherlands
SWA4, Polarization Patterns in the Daylight and Cosmic Skies, Mark R. Dennis; Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Bristol, UK
SWB1, Polarization in Hyper-NA Lithography, Bruce Smith; Dept. of Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Inst. of Technology, USA
SWB2, Polarization and Coherence Optics: Historical Perspective, Status and Future Directions, Christian Brosseau; Univ. de Bretagne Occidentale, France
SWB3, The Evolution of Polarization Calculi, Russell Chipman; Univ. of Arizona, USA
A Tribute to Howard Schlossberg
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Symposium organizer: Bob D. Guenther, Duke Univ., USA
Howard Schlossberg, in his capacity at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, has provided support for research that led to major technological and scientific discoveries over several decades. This special symposium will honor Dr.Schlossberg’s contributions through presentations by invited speakers. The speakers owe their entry as students into the field of optics to the support of Dr. Schlossberg. It is our hope that this historical look back on Federal research funding will not only honor the contributions made by Dr. Schlossberg, but will allow those in attendance to appreciate the contribution the Federal Government has made to the progress of science.
Invited Speakers:
SWC1, Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, Steven Cundiff; JILA, NIST and Univ. of Colorado, USA
SWC2, A New Generation of Ultrafast X-Ray Sources, Roger W. Falcone1,2; 1Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, 2Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab, USA
SWC3, Optical Coherence Tomography for Biomedical Imaging, James Fujimoto; MIT, USA
SWC4, Proton and Ion Acceleration by an Ultrafast TW CO2 Laser: Proof-of-Principle Experiments, Peter Shkolnikov1, I. Pogorelsky2, V. Yakimenko2, M. Babzien2, P. McKenna3, D. Carroll3, D. Nealy4, A. Pukhov5, Z. Najmudin6, L. Willingdale6, E. Stolyarova7, G. Flynn7; 1Stony Brook Univ., USA, 2Brookhaven Natl. Lab, USA, 3Univ. of Strathclyde, UK, 4Rutherford Appleton Lab, UK, 5Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany, 6Imperial College, UK, 7Columbia Univ., USA
SWD1, Applications of Molecular Coherence, Alexei Sokolov; Texas A&M Univ., USA
SWD2, Nanoscale Stratification of Local Field and Related Effects of Giant Resonances, “Magic Numbers” and Hystereses, Sergei N. Volkov, Alexander E. Kaplan; Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
SWD3, Nonlinear Optics of Electron Spin Coherences in Semiconductors, Hailin Wang; Univ. of Oregon, USA
Best of Topicals
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Symposium organizer: Michael Duncan, NRL, USA
The OSA offers a wide variety of topical meetings where cutting-edge research is presented. In an effort to bring some of the outstanding presentations that are given at these meetings to a broader audience, the committee has chosen, for the third year in a row, to offer a special session devoted to important papers from many of the topical meetings. One select presentation from each of a number of topical meetings held in 2008 (or late 2007) will be highlighted so that FiO attendees may see the type of exciting research being reported. The papers in this special session have been chosen by topical meeting attendees and by the topical meeting chairs. They certainly deserve the title Best of Topicals.
Invited Speakers:
SThA1, Coherence Holography and Spatial Frequency Comb for 3-D Coherence Imaging and Coherence Vortex Generation, Mitsuo Takeda1, Wei Wang2, Zhihui Duan1, Yoko Miyamoto1, Joseph Rosen3; 1Univ. of Electro-Communications, Japan, 2Heriot-Watt Univ., UK, 3Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel.
SThA2, Factorisation of Numbers, Schrödinger Cats and the Riemann Hypothesis, Wolfgang Schleich; Dept. of Quantum Physics, Univ. of Ulm, Germany.
SThA3, Multidimensional Functional Optical Imaging of the Brain, Elizabeth M. Hillman1, Brenda Chen1, Sean A. Burgess1, Andrew J. Radosevich1, Matthew B. Bouchard1, Amir K. Iranmahboob1, Aniruddha Das2, Bruno Cauli3; 1Columbia Univ., USA, 2Ctr. for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Ctr., USA, 3Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France.
SThA4, Volume Bragg Gratings in PTR Glass–New Optical Elements for Laser Design, Leonid B. Glebov; CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, USA.
SThC1, Holographic Bragg Reflectors and Other Planar Waveguide Devices Enabled by Deep UV Photolithographic Patterning, Thomas Mossberg, Christoph Greiner, Dmitri Iazikov; LightSmyth Technologies, Inc., USA.
SThC2, Kilohertz-Rate, Collision-Free, Gas-Phase Thermometry with Femtosecond CARS, James R. Gord1, Daniel R. Richardson2, Robert P. Lucht2, Sukesh Roy1; 1AFRL, USA, 2Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Univ., USA.
SThC3, 3-D Micro-Optic Circuits in Holographic Photopolymers, Amy C. Sullivan1,2, Robert R. McLeod1, Matthew S. Kirchner1; 1Univ. of Colorado, USA, 2Agnes Scott College, USA
Quantum Optics and Quantum Engineering for Undergraduates Symposium
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Symposium organizer: Svetlana G. Lukishova, Univ. of Rochester, USA
The goal of this symposium is to share the experience among universities and four-year colleges on teaching quantum optics and quantum engineering. The main subject of our discussion will be how to motivate and reduce to practice some of the most abstract components of quantum theory. Both lecture courses and experiments on modern applications of photon quantum mechanics for undergraduates will be discussed. This symposium will build a network in developing a series of laboratory experiments and educational methods illustrating the basic principles on which applications of quantum engineering are based, and at the same time will be understandable to a wide range of undergraduate students. The symposium will consist of five invited talks and contributed oral and poster presentations.
Invited Speakers:
SThB1, Writing a Successful Education Proposal to the NSF, Warren W. Hein1,2, Duncan E. McBride1; 1Natl. Science Foundation, USA, 2American Association of Physics Teachers, USA
SThB2, The Challenges of Quantum Physics as Pedagogical Tools, Arthur G. Zajonc; Amherst College, USA
SThB3, Undergraduate Quantum Optics: The Challenge and the Excitement, Mark Fox; Univ. of Sheffield, UK
SThD1, A Quantum Optics Laboratory for Teaching Quantum Mechanics, Enrique J. Galvez; Colgate Univ., USA
SThD2, Teaching Quantum Mechanics with Photon Counting Instrumentation, Carlos R. Stroud, Jr., Svetlana G. Lukishova; Univ. of Rochester, Inst. of Optics, USA
The Stiles-Crawford Effects of the First and Second Kinds, 75 Years of Scientific Achievements
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Symposium organizers: Jay M. Enoch1, David Atchison2, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan3, Pieter Walraven4, 1Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, 2Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia, 3Univ. of Waterloo, Canada, 4Emeritus TNO Human Factors, Soesterberg, Netherlands
In 1933 Drs. Walter Stanley Stiles, F.R.S., O.B.E., and Brian H. Crawford described a new phenomenon, known as "the directional sensitivity of the retina," later referred to as the Stiles-Crawford Effect of the first kind (SCE-I). Stiles and Crawford deduced that rays entering the eye pupil off-center were less effective at stimulating vision. Also, varying angle of incidence of light at the retina altered perceived hue and saturation, now known as SCE-II. These effects arise from the waveguide properties of retinal receptors. We celebrate the discovery of these effects, the scientists who have contributed to and defined these properties, and more recent advances in the field.
Invited Speakers:
SThE1,The Stiles-Crawford Effects, 75 Years: A Brief History and Experiences at the National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, UK) with W. S. Stiles and B. H. Crawford, Jay M. Enoch; Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA
SThE2, Photometric and Radiometric Issues Associated with Measurements of the Integrated Stiles-Crawford Effect and Specification of the Visual Stimulus, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan1, J. M. Enoch2; 1Univ. of Waterloo, Canada, 2Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA
SThE3, Effect of Accommodation on the Stiles-Crawford Effect, David Andrew Atchison, Nisha Singh, Sanjeev Kasthurirangan, Huanqing Guo; Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia
SThE4, Optical Properties of Human Cone Photoreceptors Revealed with Adaptive Optics, Austin Roorda1, David R. Williams2; 1Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, 2Univ. of Rochester, USA
SThE5, Waveguide Models and the Stiles-Crawford Effects, Brian Vohnsen; Univ. College Dublin, Ireland
SThE6, Studies of the Stiles-Crawford Effect of the First Kind in Myopic Conditions, Stacey S. Choi1,2,3; 1Univ. of California at Berkeley, USA, 2Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand, 3Current affiliation: The New England College of Optometry, USA
