Nanotech 2021

OCTOBER 18-20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC


Photonic Materials & Devices

Photonic Materials & Devices

Symposium Chair

Loucas TsakalakosLoucas Tsakalakos
Senior Engineering Manager, Space & Sensors Division
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Marina S. LeiteMarina S. Leite
Professor
University of California, Davis

Key Speakers

Mandakini KanungoGlass Light Guide Plate with Lenticular and Lenticular Extraction Features
Mandakini Kanungo
Senior Research Scientist, Corning, Inc.

Marcelo DavancoPhotonics with single solid-state quantum emitters
Marcelo Davanco
Research Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jake FontanaControlling light with plasmonic materials
Jake Fontana
Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory

This symposium is focused on novel photonic technologies and materials, and their use in the commercial space for various advanced applications. The symposium highlights industrial applications of photonics as well as emerging technologies within the research community that are poised to make the transition from the lab to applications. The event connects scientist and engineers around the country and world working in photonics or adjacent technologies for possible collaboration.

 
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2021 Symposium Sessions

Monday October 18

1:30Photonics Devices

Tuesday October 19

8:30Advanced Materials Track Keynotes
1:30Photonics Applications

Wednesday October 20

8:30Quantum Track Keynote

2021 Symposium Program

Monday October 18

1:30Photonics DevicesBaltimore 2
Session chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
1:30Photonics with single solid-state quantum emitters
M. Davanco, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US
1:55Optically Induced Circular Currents and Giant Inverse Faraday Effect in 2D Electron Liquid for Tunable Absorption of THz radiation
S.O. Potashin, V. Yu. Kachorovskii, M.S. Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US
2:15A Scaleable Manufacturing Approach for All-Inorganic Diffractive Optics, Lightguide Gratings and Metalenses using Nanoimprint Lithography and High Refractive Index Nanoparticle Inks
V.J. Einck, M. Torfeh, A. McClung, D.E. Jung, M. Mansouree, A. Arbabi, J.J. Watkins, University of Massachusetts, US
2:35Frequency Limitation and Detection Performance in Terahertz Plasmonic Field-effect Transistors
Y. Zhang, M.S. Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US
2:55Electrically Active Photonic Crystals based on Stacked Microcavity OLEDs
D. Allemeier, M. White, University of Vermont, US

Tuesday October 19

8:30Advanced Materials Track KeynotesWoodrow Wilson D
Session chair: Martin Poitzsch, Aramco Americas
8:30Controlling light with plasmonic materials
J. Fontana, Naval Research Laboratory, US
9:00TBA
A. Scherer, California Institute of Technology, US
9:30Nanoscale carbon for print-in-place and recyclable electronics
A.D. Franklin, Duke University, US
1:30Photonics ApplicationsCamellia 3
Session chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
1:30Glass Light Guide Plate with Lenticular and Lenticular Extraction Features
M. Kanungo, W. Senaratne, S. Li, M. Quesada, Corning, Inc., US
1:55Next-Generation Materials for Hybrid Electro-Optics
L.E. Johnson, H. Xu, D.L. Elder, S.R. Hammond, S.J. Benight, B.H. Robinson, Nonlinear Materials Corporation, US
2:20Fabrication and opto-electronic modeling of down-shifting enhanced photovoltaics, pp. 207-210
R. Montes, F. Villa, A. Ayon, University of Texas at San Antonio, US
2:45Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Excitation of Gold Nanoparticles to Locally Heat and Denature dsDNA: DNA Release in Non-homogeneous Temperature Profiles
D.A. Hastman, E. Oh, P. Chaturvedi, J.S. Melinger, P.D. Cunningham, M.C. Chiriboga, D. Mathur, I.L. Medintz, L. Vuković, S.A. Díaz, U.S. Naval Research Lab, US

Wednesday October 20

8:30Quantum Track KeynoteWoodrow Wilson C
Session chair: William L. Wilson, Harvard University & Loucas Tsakalakos, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
8:30Introductory Remarks
8:35Quantum Sensing of Quantum Materials Using NV center Microscopy
A. Yacoby, Harvard University, US
9:00Quantum Engineering for Superconducting Qubits
M. Schwartz, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, US
9:25The Second Quantum Revolution: Fundamentals, Present Status, and Prospects
Z. Zhang, University of Arizona, US
9:50Emerging Quantum Sensor Applications of Coherent Spins in Semiconductors
B. Zhou, Boston College, US

Topics & Application Areas

  • Photonic Materials
  • Micro/Nano Photonics
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmonics
  • On-Chip/Integrated Photonic Devices
  • Photonic Sensors
  • Novel Light Sources
  • Photonics Manufacturing
  • Novel Photonic Systems & Applications
  • Quantum Photonics
  • Optical Computing
  • Photonic Telecomm devices
  • Other
 

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