IEEE Photonics Conference 2012

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2012
HARBOUR ROOM B GRAND BALLROOM B GRAND BALLROOM C GRAND BALLROOM E
MB4 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Comparison of Singular Value
Decomposition and Principal Component
Analysis applied to Hyperspectral
Imaging of Biofilm, D.-H. Kim, H. N. D. Le,
US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring,
MD, USA and M. S. Kim, US Department of
Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, USA
Different degrees of bacterial attachment to
various surface morphologies observed by
Hyperspectral Imaging Method are studied. Foreground
and back-ground distinction performed
by Singular Value Decomposition and Principal
Component Analysis is also discussed.
MC4 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Stabilization of a Dual-Frequency
VECSEL Free of Relaxation Oscillations
for Microwave Photonics Applications,
G. Baili, G. Pillet, L. Morvan, M. Alouini,
D. Dolfi, Thales Research and Technology,
Palaiseau, France and I. Sagnes, Laboratoire de
Photonique et de Nanostructures, Marcoussis,
France
We describe a dual-frequency dual-polarization
class-A vertical external-cavity semiconductor
laser delivering a tunable optically-carried
microwave signal with an additive phase noise
below -120 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz.
MD4 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
A Compact Time-to-Digital Converter
(TDC) Module with 10 ps Resolution and
Less than 1.5% LSB DNL, B. Markovic,
F. Villa, S. Bellisai, D. Bronzi, C. Scarcella,
G. Boso, A. Bahgat Shehata, A. Della Frera, and
A. Tosi, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
We present a compact low-power TDC module
that provides 10 ps timing resolution and DNL
better than 1.5% LSB. The module is suitable
for: FLIM, FRET, TOF ranging, TOF PET, DOT,
OTDR, quantum optics, etc.
MB5 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Theory of Diffraction and Defocus Effects
in Spatial Frequency-ModulatedImaging,
D. Higley, D. Winters and R. A. Bartels, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Experimental and simulational validation of theory
developed for diffraction and defocus effects on a
novel single-pixel method that encodes spatial
information using chirped amplitude modulation
are presented.
MC5 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Transient Response of a Modulated
Microwave Subcarrier Generated Using
Optical Injection, M. C. Pochet, E. P. Harvey,
T. P. Locke, US Air Force Institute of Technology,
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA and
N. G. Usechak, US Air Force Research
Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, USA
The transient response of a directly modulated
injection-locked semiconductor laser operated in
the period-one state is analyzed theoretically and
verified experimentally. The results illustrate the
limits and stability properties of the modulated
microwave subcarrier frequency.
MD5 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Phototransistor Based Time-of-Flight
Range Finding Sensor in an 180 nm
CMOS Process, P. Kostov, M. Davidovic,
M. Hofbauer, W. Gaberl and H. Zimmermann,
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Time-of-Flight sensors using different kinds of
integrated phototransistors are presented. The
sensors and phototransistors were implemented
in a standard 180nm CMOS Process. Standard
deviations down to 1.6mm were achieved.
COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITS 10:00am - 10:30am - GRAND PENINSULA FOYER
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session MI: SS:MRP I
Session Chair: TBD
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session MJ: Bioimaging dand
Analysis Techniques
Session Chair: Francesco S. Pavone,
European Laboratory for Non-Linear
Spectroscopy, Sesto, Firenze, Italy
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Session MK: Microwave Photonic
Integrated Circuits
Session Chair: Jianping Yao, University of
Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Session ML: Single Photon Counting
Detectors
Session Chair: Joe C. Campbell, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
MI1 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Invited)
Mechanical Stabilization of Frequency
Combs from Laser Machined Microrod-
Resonators, P. Del’Haye, S. Papp and
S. A. Diddams, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
We introduce piezo-electric mechanical control
and stabilization of frequency combs produced in
novel, laser-machined microresonators. The
residual and absolute 1-second-stabilities of the
33 GHz comb spacing are 5×10 -14 and
=1.4×10 -12 , respectively.
MJ1 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Invited)
Functional Optical Biopsy of Epithelial
Tumors, D. J. Faber, D. de Bruin, R. Wessels
and T. G. van Leeuwen, Academic Medical Center
of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands,
Functional Optical Biopsy provides information
on stage and grade of epithelial tumors. It is
based on Optical Coherence Tomography for
microscale imaging of tissue morphology in
combination with e.g. reflection or fluorescence
spectroscopy.
MK1 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Invited)
Integrated Microwave Photonics for
Phase Modulated Systems, D. Marpaung
and C. G. H. Roeloffzen, University of Twente,
Enschede, The Netherlands
In this paper, the applications of photonic integrated
circuit (PIC) for frequency discrimination
in phase-modulated microwave photonic (MWP)
systems like a high dynamic range photonic link
and an ultrawideband (UWB) pulse shaper are
discussed.
ML1 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Invited)
InGaAs/InP Single Photon Avalanche
Diodes with Negative Feedback, X. Jiang,
M. A. Itzler, K. O’Donnell, M. Entwistle and
K. Slomkowski, Princeton Lightwave, Inc.,
Cranbury, NJ, USA
We present the design, operation and characterization
of InGaAs/InP based negative feedback
avalanche diodes for single photon detection in
the SWIR wavelength range. These devices
provide a simple, practical solution for many
photon counting applications.
MI2 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Hyper-Parametric Oscillations in
Multimode Microresonators, A. B. Matsko,
A. A. Savchenkov and L. Maleki, OEwaves, Inc.,
Pasadena, CA, USA
We analyze hyper-parametric oscillations in
optical microresonators characterized with small
group velocity dispersion (GVD) and show that
the nonlinear process critically depends on linear
interaction among the microresonator modes that
changes local GVD.
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MJ2 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
MK2
Lab on a Chip Imaging and Quantitative
Phase Contrast in Turbid Microfluidic
Channel, M. Paturzo, P. Ferraro, P. Memmolo,
A. Finizio, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata,
Pozzuoli, Italy, D. Balduzzi, R. Puglisi and A. Galli,
Istituto Sperimentale Italiano “Lazzaro
Spallanzani”, Rivolta d’Adda, Cremona, Italy
We show that sharp imaging is possible in
microfluidics in flowing turbid media by digital
holography. Imaging results are demonstrated for
biological cells in microfluidic channels, in
flowing liquids with suspended colloidal particles.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Meta-Material Enhanced Photonic RF
Receiver, S. Shi, University of Delaware,
Newark, DE, USA, R. L. Nelson, US Air Force
Research Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, USA,
D. W. Nippa, T. Barnum, Battelle, Columbus, OH,
USA, C. Scheutz, Phase Sensitive Innovations,
Inc., Newark, DE, USA, D. W. Prather, University
of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, W. Chen and
Q. Zhan, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
The devolvement of a novel metamaterial
enhanced photonic RF receiver is presented. The
receiver consists of D-ring structures designed
ML2 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Avalanche
Diode with Narrow Photon Timing
Response, F. Acerbi, A. Tosi, A. Bahgat
Shehata, M. Anti and F. Zappa, Politecnico di
Milano, Milano, Italy
We present a novel InGaAs/InP SPAD with >
25% photon detection efficiency, 6 kcps dark
count rate and better than 90 ps photon timing
jitter, when operated at 200 K and 5 V excess
bias.